From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Wade in Copiah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning one of his enslaved persons who was impressed to work on the Vicksburg, Mississippi, fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. R. Brown at Mount Hope, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, informing Pettus of soldiers with expired furloughs in his community that refuse to return to their units.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Martin at Mount Hope, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking a position "in the mechanical line" working for the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edwin R. Brown in Mount Hope, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a position on the board of directors of New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad.