From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the planters of Holmes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning mistreatment of their enslaved people who had been impressed to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from O. P. Anderson at Goodman, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Colonel Micajah Frazar as an impressment agent for enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas O. Byrd at Richland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus seeking aid for the men of the 4th Mississippi Infantry taken prisoner at Fort Henry, Tennessee.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Ambrose in Richland, Mississippi, concerning the lack of men left in Holmes County, Mississippi, to form another Confederate military company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Ambrose in Goodman, Mississippi, requesting cloth for the Ladies Aid Society of Richland, Mississippi, to be used for soldiers' uniforms.