From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from J. C. Monet, mayor of Shieldsboro, Mississippi, asking that the Gainesville Volunteers be kept in town to help protect it from the enemy.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. Z. George at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the desertion of M. N. Tredwell of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry State Militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. T. Lee in Perry County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his inability to return to his Confederate Army unit, the Confederate 3rd Mississippi Infantry, for health reasons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. A. Pierce in Shieldsboro, Mississippi, requesting that Confederate Captain Deason's company be stationed at Shieldsboro. (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Shieldsboro, Mississippi, by F. R. Witter, proposing to raise a company of mounted scouts for seacoast defense in Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Shieldsboro, Mississippi, by Confederate Captain John B. Deason, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus of his efforts to defend the coast (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Deason at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the ""Gainesville Volunteers,"" (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John B. Deason at New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting an officer to muster into service the "Gainesville Volunteers," (Company G, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).