From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Colonel William Barksdale at Corinth, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown of the companies comprising the 12th and 13th Mississippi Infantry regiments.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from R. J. Bowen at Brookhaven, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown his company would pass up on tomorrow evening's train.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain R. S. Carter in Brookhaven, Mississippi, asking Adjutant General William H. Brown to order Captain J. J. Bowen to muster in the Bogue Chitto Guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from W. B. Jelks in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Quartermaster General Madison McAfee asking for six tickets to send six soldiers to Richmond to join the Lawrence Rifles in the 12th Regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from sixteen year old James C. Painter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the Governor allow him to join the "Lawrence Rifles," (Company C, 12th Mississippi Infantry).