From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering the services of the "Noxubee Blues," (Company H, 5th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Lieutenant James M. Nelson of the "Quitman Guards" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus urging formal military training for officers. (Company E, 16th Mississippi Infantry)