From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated abstract of the proceedings against a Mr. Trinkle for avoiding conscription into the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. M. Gillespie, Captain in the 3rd Mississippi Infantry at Egypt Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning seven deserters from his company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. F. Smith in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking permission to raise a militia unit for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. L. Duncan in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking authority to enlist men in a Confederate cavalry company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Govenror Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Bunch at Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a transfer for Richard Carnow from the 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Affadavit from A. H. Greenlee to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning Jasper Lewis, who allegedly assaulted and attempted to kill him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Colonel John M. Simonton at Okolona, Mississippi, to Colonel William H. McCardle at Macon, Mississippi, asking if three companies of Hill's Regiment should be sent to Pontotoc, Mississippi.