From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. Cassidy in Liberty, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames that armed incursions are feared from across the Louisiana border.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. K. Bolton and W. W. Gray to Calvin Brown, enclosing a copy of a letter informing him that Greenville, Mississippi, was surrounded and that blood would be shed on November 4.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Brigadier General Reuben Davis at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking if the state can arm 1,000 men to resist a United States Army operation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert S. Hudson, a judge for Yazoo and Holmes Counties, Mississippi, at Edinburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, explaining that he could not hold court because of United States Army activity.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from A. B. Watts, adjutant of E. A. Peyton's Battalion of Mississippi Cavalry, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the complaint of Amos Davis over his impressed mule.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from W. H. Quarles at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining about crimes allegedly committed by Confederate Army deserters in Smith County, Mississippi, and asking for assistance in driving said persons out of the county.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from J. M. Wesson, owner of the Mississippi Manufacturing Company at Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, asking Clark for protection from Confederate Army deserters who are allegedly raiding the county. Wesson states that the company the governor ordered to Bankston never arrived, and a company ordered by Colonel McCullough has left.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Confederate Major General Samuel J. Gholson at Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning his efforts to check the alleged raids made by Unionists and Confederate Army deserters in north Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens of Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, complaining of a lack of supplies, thieves, and a Captain Price, who they allege has been terrorizing the citizens.

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 Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate Major General Samuel J. Gholson, ordering him south to repel United States Army operations from the direction of Canton, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Ike S. Robinson in Bolivar County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, informing Clark of the suspected plans of the United States Army in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Contract between the state of Mississippi and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to rebuild the line between Okolona, Mississippi, and Saltillo, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Petition from Mary Stewart, Annie M. Stewart, and several citizens of Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that Mary and Annie Stewart's dry goods business be exempted from the business tax, as they lost most of their belongings during Van Dorn's raid in 1862.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from C. S. Whitcomb at West's Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, in regards to a mule taken from Whitcomb during a raid three years prior. Whitcomb offers to sell the mule to the government rather than reclaim it.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Isabella McSwain in Perry County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking to draw provisions from the government, as United States Army raids during the Civil War allegedly took her crops and livestock.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from A. C. Edwards in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that his taxes be remitted as he lost most of his property during United States Army Lieutenant General William T. Sherman's raid in February 1864.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Brigadier General George B. Hodge at Summit, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark at Macon, Mississippi, asking permission to call out the militia of his district to fight against a United States Army raid.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Frank Gardner at Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Colonel W. H. McCardle at Macon, Mississippi, informing McCardle that a United States Army raid through south Mississippi seems likely, but there is no need for militia yet.