From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List of charges from the Southwestern Telegraph Company to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for telegrams sent in February 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus arguing that 16 year olds should not be drafted into the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. Beckerdite at Waterford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus warning the northern counties will be defenseless if old men and boys are conscripted.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Jones, Sheriff of Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking what to do with his prisoners as the county has no working court system.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Willoughby at Columbia, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning men who have not enrolled in the Mississippi State Militia.