From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Samuel Harvin, a member of the 24th Mississippi Infantry at Rome, Georgia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a discharge from the military.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert C. Spohn, a Sergeant in the 9th Mississippi Infantry at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission so that he can better take care of his family.