From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. A. Barbour at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting payment for expenses involved in setting up "Camp Davis" in the city.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert B. Foster in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if the "Volunteer Southrons" will be ordered to march soon. (Company A, 21st Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Frank F. Weller in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking when the "Volunteer Southrons" will receive orders. (Company A, 21st Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Warren Cowan in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus resigning his commission in the militia to serve in the "Volunteer Southrons."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. C. Moore in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting rifled muskets for the a militia unit named the Volunteer Southrons commanded by Moore.