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 D. B. Wright at Salem, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the "Sons of Liberty" be received into service (Company G, 34th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. R. Mitchell in Columbus, Mississippi, seeking a commission as recruiting officer, including two recommendation letters.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Salem, Mississippi, by J. W. Matthews, requesting appointment to the cavalry of her son, who was wounded at Manassas, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. T. Leak in Salem, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to buy $5,000 in state bonds to help support the war effort.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. T. Leak in Salem, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning loaning money to the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. G. Hamer in Salem, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting cavalry arms for the Salem Cavalry Unit in Salem Mississippi.