From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from James Alexander Seddon, the Confederate Secretary of War in Richmond, Virginia, concerning state troops being received into Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Gideon Pillow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing dispatch concerning the mustering in of state troops to Confederate service. (Dispatch missing).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. B. Walton at Marietta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that he had been drafted into the Mississippi militia, even though he is a resident of Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Doctor Henry Cumming at Marrietta, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for the distribution of vaccines in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Philip Frank Liddell in Manassas, Virginia, to L. P. Walker, recommending J. E. Deupree of the Confederate 11th Mississippi Infantry for a commission.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. L. Deupree at Brooksville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting as drill instructor for the state militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Richardson at Marietta, Georgia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the defense of the Mississippi River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William L. Towner Nashville, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission in the Army of Mississippi. (Company E, 6th Mississippi Infantry)