From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to run cotton past the United States Navy's blockade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from Isaac Anderson and several citizens of Smith and Jasper Counties, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark they believe that there are at least three hundred Confederate Army deserters in Jones County, Mississippi, and a few more who are in Smith and Jasper Counties. The petitioners allege that said persons are taking property by force and driving pro-Confederate residents out of the counties. The petitioners speculate that the persons allegedly committing said crimes are acquiring ammunition from Mississippi's Gulf Coast region. Anderson and others advise Clark to send a "strong force" in response.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James B. McRae to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, regarding a plan to ship cotton out of the Confederate States of America to pay for cotton and woolen cards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel James B. McRae at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, offering to supply ten thousand pairs of cotton or woolen cards in exchange for cotton bales. McRae advises any response to be sent to Buckatunna, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. Bellman at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Vicksburg, Mississippi, offering his services in helping to rebuild the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from General Charles G. Dahlgren in Pass Christian, Mississippi, to Adjutant General William H. Brown, asking permission to name his command the ""Army of Sea Coast.""

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate President Jefferson Davis informing him that United States forces landed on the Mississippi seacoast in force and asking for reinforcements.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston in Bowling Green, Kentucky, informing him of United States forces landings on the Mississippi seacoast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate Secretary of War Judah Philip Benjamin in Richmond, Virginia, asking authority to accept companies that are tendering service for 12 months.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, recommending Colonel W. Y. Withers to command troops on the Mississippi seacoast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Mansfield Lovell in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing him that he is sending Captain Norman's cavalry company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston in Bowling Green, Kentucky, asking that orders be sent to all companies now in Mississippi to report to General Mansfield Lovell for seacoast duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from acting Confederate Secretary of War J. P. Benjamin, authorizing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to muster into service the sea coast companies mentioned in his dispatch to the Confederate President.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, concerning defense of the Mississippi seacoast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. C. Monet, mayor of Shieldsboro, Mississippi, asking that the Gainesville Volunteers be kept in town to help protect it from the enemy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Turner at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to obtain salt for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Louisa M. Blythe at Biloxi, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking to help the suffering women and children of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Lewis at West Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor of the suffering of the people on the Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Freeman Jones in Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that troops remain on the Mississippi coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Varnado at Hancock County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the allegations that Steede's Battalion of Cavalry is made up of "rogues and robbers."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from West Pascagoula, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of the suffering of the people on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charles F. Howell at Jackson County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the defense of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the "suffering condition of the people" in Hancock County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Pierce in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning one of his enslaved persons that he leased to the Confederate Navy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pearl River, Mississippi, concerning the need for Confederate military troops on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.