From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William R. Nutt, a drillmaster for the state at Enterprise, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking to have his account settled.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Jeptha V. Harris at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting that paroled state troops be ordered to report to Columbus, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. W. Lacey, a Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his resignation from the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Hall and three officers of the 1st Battalion, Mississippi State Troops to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning their efforts to round up absentees from the unit in Scott County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. W. Lacey, Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Mississippi State Troops at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, tendering his resignation to Lieutenant Colonel Burgin.