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Pettus Series 757: Box 942, Folder 6
Petition to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from Pike County, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not to detail any more men from Pike County, Mississippi, into the Mississippi State Militia.
Letter from William Wideman and William Evers Wideman to Mississipi Governor John J. Pettus; August 6, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from two members of the Confederate 40th Mississippi Infantry in Lauderdale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to be transferred to a guerrilla company.
Letter from W. W. Little to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. W. Little in Scooba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting that he not be called out for Mississippi State Militia duty, as he is the only man at home.
Letter from W. J. Britton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. J. Britton in Ingleside, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, protesting against the militia in Issaquena County, Mississippi, being called to duty.
Letter from W. H. Worthington to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Worthington in Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning local men who were attempting to avoid the Confederate draft.
Letter from W. H. Garland to General W. N. R. Beall; August 4, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Garland in Summit, Mississippi, to Confederate General W. N. R. Beall, seeking a Confederate military exemption for Mr. Lee, a gunsmith.
Letter from W. E. Ross to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Ross to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a request for conscripts to replace the losses of Confederate Company H of the 39th Mississippi Infantry.
Letter from W. Cooper to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 9, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Cooper in Coffeeville, Mississippi, calling Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus's attention to the depredations of the United States Army soldiers in the Yazoo River Valley.
Letter from T. W. Baker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. W. Baker in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his petition to be relieved from Confederate military duty.
Letter from S. S. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August, 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. S. Smith Smith County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting information on who is exempt from the draft.
Letter from Robert Muldrow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 7, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert Muldrow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, giving his receipt for 100 pistols to arm the men of his Confederate company.
Letter from Reuben Friday to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Friday in Camp Maxey near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting discharge from the Confederate 27th Mississippi Infantry to work in his tanyard.
Letter from R. C. Farrar to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. C. Farrar in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting bounty money for the "Kemper Fencibles," Confederate Company K of the 43rd Mississippi Infantry.
Letter from R. A. O'Neal to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. A. O'Neal in Hickory, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking a commission to form a Confederate military unit composed of Choctaw Native Americans.
Letter from Pierre S. Layton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 11, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Pierre S. Layton at the Ordnance Office in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, recommending that pistols furnished by Platt and Farrish be rejected.
Letter from O. Osburn to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Ozias Osburn Crystal Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the efforts of a Mr. Jacobs to extract salt from the dirt.
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Earl Van Dorn; August 4, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn requesting permission to send Confederate Captain Tyler's company to Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Letter from Mayor W. G. Freeman to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 9, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mayor W. G. Freeman of Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, forwarding donations to help the sufferers of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Philip Frank Liddell to L. P. Walker; August 8, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Philip Frank Liddell in Manassas, Virginia, to L. P. Walker, recommending J. E. Deupree of the Confederate 11th Mississippi Infantry for a commission.
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Hamer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Hamer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning how long the men in his command will have to serve in the Mississippi State Militia.
Letter from L. T. McKenzie to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. T. McKenzie in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he can accept a substitute for a sick man in his Confederate command.
Letter from Julia M. Spencer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 15, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Julia M. Spencer in Terry Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that her husband Gilbert Spencer be detailed from his regiment because of sickness.
Letter from John W. Boyd to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 1, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Boyd in Shell Mound, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning local African American enslaved persons who allegedly stole guns and ran off from their plantation.
Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 4, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the "suffering condition of the people" in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 15, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the "distressed condition of the sea coast."