From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from D. Walworth at Natchez, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown that the Natchez Artillery declined to muster into service, and two companies of the Light Guard were complete.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Ferrell, the mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that three ships of war entered the pass and requesting 5,000 reinforcements with artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major L. Wailes in Natchez, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that Natchez, Mississippi will not be surrendered, and asking for artillery and ammunition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Colonel Henry Hughes in Port Gibson, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus where he can obtain artillery harness.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain Angus Taylor of the Gaines Invincibles asking if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus can give his company a battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Leonidas Polk at Columbus, Kentucky, asking if the Jefferson Artillery can be sent to Kentucky.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General C. G. Dahlgren at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, asking if the artillery companies are to be transferred to Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General C. G. Dahlgren in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, asking if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus will order the guns of the Jefferson Artillery to remain in Bay St. Louis.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Gideon Johnson Pillow in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for the Panola Artillery Company to be sent as there is a great want for field artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from G. W. Fowler in Natchez, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the Fencibles await orders and would like to move with artillery on Sunday.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thomas R. Stockdale at Holmesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Confederate Lieutenant Haris of Louisiana who wants to organize a battery of light artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. Haughton at Tibbee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a refusal by conscripts to train for artillery service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. J. Gillespie at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking permission to raise an artillery company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Travis at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a report on a breech loading cannon. Letter is very faded and hard to read.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. White, the Commander of Selma Arsenal, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for horses to help outfit the artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain Thomas F. Tobin, commander of an artillery battery in Maury's Division at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting two eighteen pounder cannon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Samuel Matthews at Camp Crawford to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need to send experienced artillerymen to defend the Tallahatchie River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Anderson at Tredegar Arsenal in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, enclosing a bill for artillery tools and ordnance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain of the Seven Stars Artillery Roberts Calvit at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his enslaved person who was taken to work on the Vicksburg, Mississippi, defenses.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Stephen Winston, one of the crew of the Confederate Texas gunboat Josiah H. Bell, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking an appointment in the Confederate heavy artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Henry Glenn in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his services as a Confederate engineer, artillery, or infantry officer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant A. J. Cochran in Petersburg, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have the Confederate Guards Artillery transferred to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Britton at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that artillery be sent to Natchez to protect the river from United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Matthew S. Ward in Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the attempt to take away men of his battery, 14th Battalion of Mississippi Artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Floyd to Confederate Major Motley concerning the procurement of two pieces of artillery.