From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel E. Dudley, a soldier in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to join Abbay's battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his difficulties in mounting some of his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. V. Harris, a General of State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning payment for 600 enslaved people impressed to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the 3rd Mississippi infantry, state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that their old brigade commander be restored to duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Winston at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Willis B. Holston be detailed. Also enclosed letter of James A. Evans concerning Mr. Holston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. D. Moore from the 41st Mississippi Infantry at Noxubee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that John M. Perkins be discharged from the militia to take care of his plantation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward C. Eggleston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have his overseer, Alfred Gupton, exempted from militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. B. Galloway, surgeon of the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Militia at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning lack of medical supplies in the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel B[urgin] B. Moore of the 3rd Mississippi Battalion, State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a petition to have his unit moved closer to home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Montgomery Carleton of Company A, 5th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus complaining about the conduct of Colonel Burgin.