From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Colonel John McGuirk of the Third Mississippi Cavalry at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the service of Brigadier General Christopher Mott in the Mississippi Militia in 1861.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel of Ashcraft's Regiment, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Washington, District of Columbia, requesting his assistance in freeing the Mississippi field officers held at Johnson's Island Prison at Ohio.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain William G. Martin in Richmond, Virginia, asking for the date his company, the Mott Guards, were tendered to the state.
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. M. Macon at Camp Davis near Macon, Mississippi, asking that the Davis Guards be tendered for the war.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Charles Clark at Corinth, Mississippi, informing Harris the Warren Rifles passed yesterday but did not leave arms or report.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. J. Peel and the citizens of Marshall County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him the "Mississippi Stars" have disbanded and been reformed as the "Chulahoma Cavalry."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Albert L. Peel, Adjutant of the 19th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to raise a company of "independent scouts and guerrillas."
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. H. Perkins, a Confederate soldier in the 19th Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus seeking to raise a company in North Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. Q. Withers in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to enlist men in North Mississippi for the Mississippi State Militia.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Winfield Scott Featherston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that conscripts be sent to him to make good the losses in his brigade.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Columbus, Mississippi, concerning pistols needed by Field's company.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Lewis in Rodney, Mississippi, concerning the manufacture of soldiers' uniforms by the Ladies Aid Society of Jefferson County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. B. Grant at Sarepta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting authority to recruit 10 or 15 men for the "Magnolia Guards," (Company K, 17th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Smith at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor that two men had joined the "McClung Riflemen," (Company E, 19th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George P. Foote at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "Panola Vindicators" be transferred to C. H. Mott's regiment (Company H, 17th Mississipppi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. H. Tison in Baldwyn, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting "Belgium Rifles" for the "Jake Thompson Guards." (Company K, 19th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. L. Davenport of the "Thomas Hinds Guards," writing from Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a substitute. (Company D, 19th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from I. W. M. Harris in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mustering into service of the "Warren Rifles." (Company C, 19th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Christopher H. Mott at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Governor Pettus of the status of the military companies being raised in his area.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Hamer in Salem, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting cavalry arms for the Salem Cavalry Unit in Salem Mississippi.
