From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from J. L. Downs at Fort Adams, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking that the tax on his stores be reduced as he was trying to support a son who lost a leg in the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from S. W. Blackburn in Richmond, Virginia, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the Battle of Chancellorsville had been fought and that Confederate General William Barksdale's brigade bore the brunt of the fighting.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Letter from A.C. Holt to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus updating the Governor on the care Mississippi soldiers are receiving in Virginia hospitals.