From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the state troops stationed at Milldale, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that they be disbanded and allowed to go home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Baley, a Sergeant in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough home to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edwin Crow, a private in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough home to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the men of the 4th Mississippi Regiment, state troops, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking that William Baley be discharged from the unit.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers and men of the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting to go home to take care of their families.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the officers of the Fourth Regiment of Mississippi State Troops in Panola County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting leave for the regiment because of disease in camp and the need to gather crops.