From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. R. Bisland, seeking the aid of Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to get the back pay due to his son, Levins M. Bisland, 11th Mississippi Infantry, who was killed at the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel John M. Stone at Winchester, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, giving to the state of Mississippi the battleflag of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George M. Gray at Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a promotion for George Weir of the 11th Mississippi Infantry.