From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from T. G. Sharp in Columbus, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the order concerning the Pensacola, Florida, expedition was sent by special messenger and the people are in high spirits.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Livingston Mims in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the movement of Mississippi troops to Pensacola, Florida.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. C. Rupert to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the movement of Mississippi troops to Pensacola, Florida, by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Constantine Rea at Pensacola, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the arms used by the "Lauderdale Rifles." (Company F, 46th Mississippi Infantry).