From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William L. Brandon at Woodville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Columbus, Mississippi, accepting his appointment as Brigadier General of Reserve Forces for the state of Mississippi. Brandon asks Clark to send him advice or information on the office's duties.

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 John H. Louis in Woodville, Mississippi, to Jones S. Hamilton, asking for transportation for a soldier to rejoin his company.

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 Confederate Captain Charles D. Fontaine in Grenada, Mississippi, reporting on the ambush of a United States transport just below Pecan Point, Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from George V. Moody at Vicksburg, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for 90 flintlock muskets, as his company is about to leave for Virginia and has no arms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List from H. P. Bridges who is a volunteer from Bolivar County, Mississippi, serving in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Bailey at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Companies F and I of the 21st Mississippi Infantry be transferred to Mississippi from Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John E. Warmack, a soldier in the 21st Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi John Jones Pettus seeking to be detailed back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys, commander of the 21st Mississippi Infantry at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing letter from a deserter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Maury at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking an exemption for "Mr. Garrett," overseer for Colonel Benjamin G. Humphreys plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Camden, Mississippi, by C. C. Cooper, informing Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus of the location of available guns in Madison County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Noland and Daniel A. Cameron of Warren County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting information on sending recruits to Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill in Orizaba, Mississippi, requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry) be received into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Steele in Charleston, Mississippi, about men who refused to go to Virginia with the "Tallahatchie Rifles," (Company F, 21st Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the ""W. C. Falkner Guards"" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Kirkpatrick at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting information on whether a unit of state troops can be ordered to duty outside of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. C. Rutherford at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting that the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be recieved into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Napoleon T. Metcalf and members of the "Tallahatchie Rifles," at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting transfers to Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Thompson at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain T. Vaughn Noland at Bovina, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting arms for his company (Company H, 21st Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Johnson at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering his services 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.