From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Senator Jeremiah L. Davis at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking that Clark remit the forfeiture of bond against John Dickey, a man indicted in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, for alleged assault and battery in 1860.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John A. Binford, [Sr.], at Duck Hill, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, informing Sharkey that his son, John A. Binford, Jr., wishes to form a company of mounted men for the state militia. Binford complains that African Americans on local plantations are allegedly armed with Enfield rifles, and he suggests that the militia should be authorized confiscate firearms from African American persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Major Ed A. Calfrey giving a list of Mississippi regiments and their field officers from 1 - 27.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. W. Sullivan and Nick Welsh in Corinth, Mississippi, asking for transportation to Manassas, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Assistant Quartermaster C. G. Armistead in Union City, Tennessee, asking Samuel Paol to send him the blankets and tents he ordered for the 15th regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from S. B. Woodruff asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to have the Wigfall Rifles mustered into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. M. Bradley in Louisville, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to authorize Confederate Captain Watson to muster in a company at Webster, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Rogers, Captain of the Lafayette Cavalry at Springdale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his brother, a member of the unit, who was conscripted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. G. Armistead at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Confederate Captain William Collins of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, who wished to raise a company for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Leroy Hammond at Kilmichael, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking transfers for two of his sons in the 15th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wallace B. Scurr, a former member of the 15th Mississippi Infantry who was wounded at Fishing Creek, Kentucky (Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky), to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking appointment to a job.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Wade in Richland, Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering his military services to the Governor.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bankston, Mississippi, from James M. Wesson, owner of a textile mill, requesting discharge of P. L. Wallam of the 15th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Middleton, Mississippi, by the local ladies aid society, requesting cloth to use in making uniforms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Winona, Mississippi, by Lydia Townsend, seeking a pardon for her brother, R. J. McGinty, convicted of forgery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Gallatin, Mississippi, by John A. Wade, requesting a discharge from "Brown's Company of Artillery" (Seven Stars Artillery).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Haynes in Kosciusko, Mississippi, concerning the making of soldier's uniforms by the Mississippi Manufacturing Company owned by Mr. Wesson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mark S. Womack to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor that his company had been mustered into service (Company G, 5th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. L. Harman at Attalaville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting free railroad passage for four soldiers going to join the 15th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Gibbs at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the transfer of John Johnson from the 10th Mississippi Infantry to the 15th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Gibbs to E. Barksdale requesting the transfer of John Johnson from the 10th Mississippi Infantry to the 15th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General James L. Alcorn at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor of the progress being made in forming infantry regiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. B. Woodruff at Fearn Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering the services of the "Wigfall Rifles."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. C. Rose at Winona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering his services as a doctor to the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William F. Fitzgerald, the Confederate Captain of the "Tallahatchie Rifles," at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the transfer of James Gates.