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

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

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Winn, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking for a furlough to take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. G. Garmon, a soldier in the 4th Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the cavalry.

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. Letter from Rocky Ford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the release of C. C. Hargrove from the Mississippi Militia.