From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. M. Gillis at Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking for information about how to raise county militia companies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Win H. Bowen at Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting authority to make a contract to alter arms for military use.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. D. Fairly at Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for troops to be sent to Southwest Mississippi to help round up deserters and conscripts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Charlotte Smiley at Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the bounty to be paid to the widows of Confederate soldiers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. H. Hobbs, a female teacher in Union Church, Mississippi, asking to be permitted to travel to her home in Boston, Massachusetts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Lewis in Rodney, Mississippi, concerning the manufacture of soldiers' uniforms by the Ladies Aid Society of Jefferson County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William E. Buie in Union Church, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus certifying that "Mr. Stanton" has heart disease and cannot serve in the military.