From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Dekalb, Mississippi, asking that Henry Mcintosh, a free African American man, be allowed to stay in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Muerton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the verdict of the jury in the inquest over the body of the enslaved man David Spangler.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. E. Jackson of the 5th Mississippi Regiment, State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus claiming exemption from service under the Confederate Second Conscription Act's provision about slaveholders.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Richard Winters at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an African American United States Army soldier that whipped Mrs. Fort, a resident of Madison County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a letter from A. S. Montgomery concerning a possible insurrection by enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Taylor at Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, inquiring about his enslaved person, Charles, who was working for some officers in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John L. Taylor in Gallatin, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus inquiring on the whereabouts of his enslaved person who was impressed to work on the fortifications of Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Tillman at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his enslaved person who was in jail in Copiah County, Mississippi, allegedly charged with murder.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. L. Montgomery at Vernon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus acknowledging the Governor's call for enslaved people to be sent to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. C. Bennett at Madison Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the Governor's order to send enslaved people to work on the fortifications at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. L. Crumley of Sardis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for money to pay for the impressment of enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Copy of a letter from Augustus S. Montgomery to United States Army Major General Foster warning of a possible enslaved persons rebellion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Request from Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting the extradition of Benjamin Wright, wanted for allegedly kidnapping enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Lowndes County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to have James A. Evans released from the militia, as he is needed to help control the local enslaved people.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas J. Portis, an officer in the Headquarters of the 4th Military District, to James H. Rives concerning the hiring of enslaved people to work on fortifications.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus complaining that there are not enough white men left to oversee the enslaved population.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus explaining why the last call for enslaved people to work on fortifications went unfilled.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Martin Luther Smith to Confederate Major J. L. Reeve requesting enslaved laborers to work on the fortifications at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John C. Pemberton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the impressment of enslaved people to work for the government.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. M. Hardin, the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a pardon for Victor Vogart, convicted of killing an African American in 1861.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James H. Rives, private secretary of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, to Confederate General John C. Pemberton concerning the impressment of enslaved people for government work.

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 P. Henry at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus listing the names of the enslaved people impressed to work on the railroad bridge across the Big Black River.

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 Major Van F. Swearingen, commanding officer of the Amite County, Mississippi, militia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a report on enslaved people impressed to work at Port Hudson, Louisiana.