From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. J. Wofford and four other men to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the "Spartan Band ," (Company H, 13th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mark S. Womack to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor that his company had been mustered into service (Company G, 5th Mississippi Infantry).