From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Hardy at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about raids made by Confederate Army deserters who are operating as anti-Confederate guerrillas in Jones County, Mississippi. Hardy alleges that they have committed several crimes, such as the alleged murder of a pro-Confederate minister. He suggests that Clark send a force of one or two hundred men with instructions to conscript all eligible men in neighboring counties for Mississippi Militia service against the Jones County guerrillas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from James R. Challere at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if it would be safe for Hannah Berry - a formerly enslaved African-American woman - and her children, who were fathered by a slaveholder, to return to Mississippi. Challere also asks whether African Americans can legally hold property, and encourages Sharkey to obtain "160, 200, or 300" acres of land on which Hannah Berry and her children could live and work.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from William B. Hamilton at Woodville, Mississippi, to Jones S. Hamilton, asking if guerrilla parties will be received into Confederate Service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from William B. Hamilton at Woodville, Mississippi, to Jones S. Hamilton, asking what is the least and extent of a guerrilla party.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain T. C. Bookter in Perrin's battalion to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if he can disband his company and reorganize it as a partisan ranger company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Calhoun County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending Hiram Horton to command a company of Partisan Rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Attala County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to organize a partisan ranger company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. N. Miller at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning partisan ranger companies that refuse to return to their regiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Albert L. Peel, Adjutant of the 19th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to raise a company of "independent scouts and guerrillas."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. E. Montgomery in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning ammunition for use by the Partisan Rangers in the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Arthur E. Reynolds, Colonel of the 26th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Lieutenant H. Dunnahoo be allowed to raise a company of partisan rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus at Jackson, Mississippi, to Captain W. L. Lowry, ordering him to arrest marauding bands in Tishomingo, Tippah and Marshall Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. L. Lowry at the headquarters of the Pettus Rangers, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning some soldiers that Faulkner demanded to be returned to his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Falkner, Commander of the 1st Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to Jacob Thomson, concerning his efforts to raise the regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel W. C. Falkner of the 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Colonel Thomson, concerning the organization of his regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel W. C. Falkner at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to raise the 1st Mississippi Regiment, partisan rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Francis A. Wolff in Tippah County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking authority to raise a company of partisan rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Colonel Clark R. Barteau in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the raising of a battalion of partisan ranger troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. Berry Prince, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that his company, "The Pettus Partisans," will be ready for duty November 3, 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. Nehul at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, complaining about the partisan rangers in De Soto County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. R. Clark at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning several companies of partisan rangers that are to be retained in Confederate Service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John C. McCabe at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a Dr. Paul Gregory, who wants to raise a partisan ranger unit in Coahoma County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Greene County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to raise a guerilla company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Miller at Waynesboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his efforts to raise a partisan ranger company of state militia.

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.