Browse Items (2 total)
Sort by:
-
Letter from Mary A. Jones to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 6, 1862
1862 letter from a Natchez, Mississippi widow, Mary A. (Mead) Jones, to Governor Pettus. Her deceased husband, Captain Alfred A. Jones, had joined the Confederate army in Yazoo City. Mrs. Jones, who was born in Alabama, is the mother of three young children and is requesting financial assistance for her family.Tags Alabama, Children of military personnel, Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, Confederate States of America. Army, Correspondence, Families of military personnel, Mississippi. Governor, Natchez (Miss.), United States--History--Civil War, War widows, Women--1860-1870, Yazoo City (Miss.) -
Telegram from Susan Phipps to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 6, 1861
1861 telegram from a Natchez, Mississippi widow, Susan Phipps, to Governor Pettus. Mrs. Phipps asks for her only son, Henry M. Phipps, to be released from the Adams Light Guards. Although not yet eighteen, Henry had enlisted in the 16th Infantry Regiment.Tags Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi, Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Families of military personnel, Military discharge, Mississippi. Governor, Mississippi. Militia, Mothers and sons, Natchez (Miss.), Telegraph, United States--History--Civil War, Widows--1860-1870, Women--1860-1870