From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from C. G. Armistead at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus introducing Confederate Captain William Collins of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, who wished to raise a company for state service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Wallace B. Scurr, a former member of the 15th Mississippi Infantry who was wounded at Fishing Creek, Kentucky (Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky), to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking appointment to a job.