From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. J. Smylie at the parole camp in Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus endorsing Colonel W. W. Witherspoon of the 36th Mississippi Infantry for a promotion to Brigadier General.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. Reynolds at Hamilton, Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning conditions in Arkansas and sending condolences for the death of Pettus' son.