From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Captain Ira J. Carter at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, announcing that his company is ready to enter a camp of instruction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Captain E. A. Lyerly be assigned to duty in his department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. J. Bowen, a Confederate Captain in the 37th Mississippi Infantry at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to raise a cavalry company for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain William Keeton in Marion Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning local men attempting to evade militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert McLain at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the outbreak of disease in his regiment (37th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert McLain at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus discussing conditions in Corinth, Mississippi, and the need for a new location for regimental organization.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Quimby at Desoto, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to be released from the "Desoto Rifles," (Company F, 37th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for his company (Company D, 37th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. C. Dunnam at Energy, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting commissions for the ""Pettus Protectors,"" a home guard unit from Clarke County, Mississippi.