From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Lieutenant William H. Quarles in W. K. Easterling's 3rd Regiment of Mississippi state cavalry, near Shubuta, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the use of the regiment to hunt down alleged Confederate Army deserters in Smith, Scott, Rankin, Covington, and Jones Counties, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Sheriff J. B. W. Duckworth of Smith County, Mississippi, at Raleigh, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning commissions for the Smith County Guards, a local defense company.