From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. H. Foute to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to be appointed to the office of tax assessor of DeSoto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from James R. Chalmers at Austin, Mississippi, to R. J. Mathews, recounting details of the Isaac Franklin case and that he thought for what Franklin was sentenced his going to the Mississippi State Penitentiary was a hardship.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General James Chalmers at Buena Vista, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark that Colonel Outlaw was sent to Winston, Kemper, and Neshoba Counties, Mississippi, to arrest alleged Confederate deserters. Chalmers also asks Clark to grant authority to call out the state militia in said counties.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant General Richard Taylor at Lake Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning the suffering of impoverished people in north Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Charles W. Anderson, adjutant to Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, concerning movements of the United States Army cavalry near Abbeville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from G. L. Blythe at Hernando, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of his progress in raising a regiment of cavalry for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel Jeffrey E. Forrest at West Point, Mississippi, to Major Harris, asking that boats be kept ready at Columbus, Mississippi, to rapidly ferry his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Colonel John McGuirk of the 3rd Mississippi Cavalry, State Troops, in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an update on the status of his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to W. C. Watson, giving his agent his thoughts on cotton and wool cards, use of state troops, foreigners in the military, impressed enslaved persons, military supplies, and soldiers fit for service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Delay at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about seizures of goods from local citizens by the Confederate Army under orders from General Joseph E. Johnston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Martha Craigan to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Oxford, Mississippi, complaining about the burning of her cotton and impressment of her wagons and teams by the Confederate Army. (mdah_768-949-01-15 is a response to this document).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to the Mississippi Quartermaster Department for telegrams sent by Madison McAfee in January 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for telegrams sent in April 1861.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from General James R. Chalmers in Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking when the militia at Grenada, Mississippi, will be mustered out of service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, asking if he can get state funds to pay for the horses he impresses into army service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George in Grenada, Mississippi, asking to be relieved so that he can report to Confederate General James R. Chalmers and organize cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James R. Chalmers in Panola, Mississippi, recommending Confederate Colonel Calvin Miller to take the affidavits referred to.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James R. Chalmers in Panola, Mississippi, asking if Captain Watson can mount his company and fill it up.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Colonel William F. Dowd at Aberdeen, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that 2,000 United States cavalry are at Guntown, Mississippi, and Confederate General James R. Chalmers has ordered his troops to Panola, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from M. C. Galloway at Memphis, Tennessee, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to let him have two Maynard rifles.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Joseph Johnston concerning a plan to place the state cavalry under Confederate General James R. Chalmer's command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General S. J. Gholson at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor of the location of the troops under his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his attempt to raise a regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by John McGuirk to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his election as Colonel of a Regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General J. Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him of affairs in the area under his command.