From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn in Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing him he has reliable information that United States forces are sending men south down the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee, to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General D. E. Twiggs in New Orleans, Louisiana, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if prisoners of war can be sent to the penitentiary at Jackson, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk in Memphis, Tennessee, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus for more troops as United States forces are concentrating in Cairo, Illinois.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. McCardle, Confederate General Pemberton's Chief of Staff, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the burning of cotton that might fall into the hands of the United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Watt at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering advice on how to stop the United States forces movement up the Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. T. Simms at Woodstock, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for troops to be sent to Leflore County, Mississippi, to repel the United States forces Yazoo pass expedition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James S. Miller at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor of local people trading with United States forces at New Orleans, Louisiana.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John Cowden at Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, passing along information he has heard about another United States forces effort to take Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James C. Hancock at DeSoto, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need to remove produce from the county before the United States forces invade.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William H. Russum at Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning two Hughes breechloading cannon he purchased and wants to crew them for use against the United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General M[ansfield] Lovell at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing Pettus that United States forces are about to attack Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Champlain at Handsboro, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus warning Pettus of people along the coast who are trading with United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. L. Watson and Lawrence Johnson at Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting authority to raise a partisan company and operate against United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. F. Neill in Indian Mound, Mississippi, requesting information on the probable intentions of the United States forces in the Mississippi Valley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William D. Tyler at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Daniel Ruggles, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States forces were at Starkville, Mississippi, on April 21, 1863.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William D. Tyler at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Pemberton, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States forces were at Starkville, Mississippi, on April 21, 1863.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by Confederate General W. W. Loring to Confederate General John C. Pemberton, giving information on the progress of the United States forces' raid into Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. D. Lyles at Macon, Mississippi, giving Confederate General Ruggles an update on his pursuit of United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter W. B. Lucas at Macon, Mississippi, to Livingston Mims, reporting that the United States forces are within twenty-five miles of Macon.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel A. P. Thompson at Macon, Mississippi, to Confederate General Daniel Ruggles, concerning his movements to intercept the United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Allen Rawls at Spring Cottage, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a United States forces raid up the Pearl River to Gainesville, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. K. Brantley at Mayhew Station, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for the old men and boys of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to be enlisted as militia so they can fight against the United States forces.