From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Captain Constantine Rea at Marion, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning a group of his men who deserted while at Fort Pickens, Florida.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. H. Whitaker in Marion, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting payment for serving with the "Lauderdale Rifles" at Pensacola, Florida.