From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. B. Money and J. M. Morris in Grand Junction, Tennessee, informing Mississippi Chief of Ordnance, Samuel G. French that 30 boxes of shell and one brass cannon are held up because the Mississippi Central refuses to pay charges.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Memphis, Tennessee, from the firm of Street, Hungerford and Jackson, offering to furnish cannonballs and bombshells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the citizens of Adams County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting rifled cannon for protection from United States Navy gunboats.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Bennett, former officer of the 6th Mississippi Infantry, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus applying for the position of Chief of Ordnance.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Emily T. Stafford, who is seeking a job in Jackson, Mississippi, making cartridges for the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the cannon at Oxford not be taken away.

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 U. Bourne, acting Chief of Ordnance for the state of Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus forwarding report on the condition of state departments under his command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from U. Bourne to Mississippi at the Ordnance Office in Meridian, Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor that he does not have enough arms for General Samuel J. Gholson's command.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from F. Moore, Superintendent of the arsenal at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the building of a new arsenal and armory.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the U. Bourne at the Ordnance Office in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting payment of two magazine guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Legal Document from C. C. Yates, naming the employees of his company that are necessary for fulfilling a contract with the Ordnance Department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from V. Bourne at the Ordnance Office in Jackson, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus about the work of being done by the office.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sergeant Ike S. Robinson of Herndon's Rangers in Winona, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that he found two boxes of ordnance stores.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel U. Bourne at the Ordnance Office in Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the payment of guards at the facility.

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 Danville Leadbetter, Chief Engineer for the State of Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for information on the "exploding torpedoes" used in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John J. Coulson in Fayette, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a torpedo he invented to blow up railroad locomotives.

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 James T. Bennett in Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking the appointment as Chief of Ordnance for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Cook and Brother in Athens, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the location of guns purchased by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Superintendent of the Mississippi Ordnance Department, F. Moore at Brandon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the new chief of the ordnance department.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from citizens of Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending William D. Bibb for Chief of Ordnance.

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.