From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George W. Braden at Warrington, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting his commission as an officer in Company B, 9th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles S. Brackin in Holly Springs, Mississippi asking what the Mississippi State Coat of Arms will look like.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. E. Whitfield at Pensacola, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus announcing the death of Confederate Colonel Seaburne M. Phillips of the 10th Mississippi infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major General of Mississippi Militia W. W. W. Wood to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the military system set up by the state secession convention.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the governor sign the commissions of Harris' staff officers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for the local militia and home guard.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas W. Harris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms and equipment for the home guards of Holly Springs, Mississippi.