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Telegram from C. G. Dahlgreen to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 30, 1861
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from C. G. Green in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the rank of Confederate Officers who are being mustered.
Telegram from Morris Rebel to Jones S. Hamilton; May 13, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Morris Rebel at Fayette, Mississippi, to Jones S. Hamilton, asking if a substitute can be received under the 18th section of the Conscript Act.
Telegram from A. D. Pickens to Jones S. Hamilton; April 29, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from A. D. Pickens in Natchez, Mississippi, to Jones S. Hamilton, asking if circuit court clerks and assessors exempt from conscription.
Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Jeptha Vining Harris; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Jeptha Vining Harris in Columbus, Mississippi, recommending that men in the workshops should be organized and armed for the present emergency.
Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Mississippi State Geologist Eugene W.Hilgard; December 2, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Eugene Woldemar Hilgard, the State Geologist, informing him he is exempt from conscription.
Telegram from General James Z. George to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 3, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Z. George in Grenada, Mississippi, asking if he is to proceed under a state impressment law.
Telegram from A. G. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 22, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from A. G. Brown in Richmond, Virginia, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus not draft his overseer, Robert A. Harrison of Terry, Mississippi.
Telegram from William B. Weaver to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 17, 1862
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from William B. Weaver at Columbus, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus if he had issued orders to have one fourth of the militia drafted as minute men.
Abstract; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Undated abstract of the proceedings against a Mr. Trinkle for avoiding conscription into the Confederate Army.
Letter from S. B. Crow to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. B. Crow, President of the Board of Police of Winston County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the drafting of men into the militia.
Letter from J. W. Smith to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. Smith in Monroe County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that his son Byron be exempted from the draft as he was medically unfit for service.
Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
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.
Letter from J. B. Gage to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. B. Gage, a citizen of Yalobusha County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for legislation to force more men into the Confederate Army.
Letter from A. E. Jackson to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
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.
Letter from L. Haughton to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 5, 1863
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.
Letter from William C. Love to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 30, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel William C. Love of the militia at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if he has to report to the conscript camp at Enterprise, Mississippi.
Letter from G. D. Moore to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 3, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. D. Moore at Noxubee County, Mississippi,to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the exemption of his brother, J. G. Moore, from conscription.
Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 4, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Headquarters of Mississippi state troops at Tibbee, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a draft of the militia. (Bottom half of letter is missing).
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to President Jefferson Davis; August 25, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, concerning a number of state units that were conscripted into Confederate service.
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to President Jefferson Davis; August 25, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, concerning a number of state units that were conscripted into Confederate service.
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Samuel J. Gholson; August 27, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Macon, Mississippi, to General Samuel J. Gholson, concerning a conflict over conscription of state troops by the Confederate Government.
Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to General Gideon J. Pillow; August 25, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow, concerning a conflict between the State and Confederate Governments over conscripts.
Letter from James Drane to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 25, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Drane at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining that young men in local cavalry companies are evading the draft.
Letter from General Gideon Pillow to General Samuel J. Gholson; August 26, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General Gideon Pillow at Columbus, Mississippi, to General Samuel J. Gholson, concerning a conflict over conscription of state troops by the Confederate Government.
Letter from M. R. Clark to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 10, 1863
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at the Office of Conscription at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning Mississippians drafted into the Confederate Army that belong in the militia.