From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Haden Leavel at Benton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, asking if there is any truth to a rumor about an order from United States President Andrew Johnson. The rumor purports that citizens of South Carolina will be compensated for the financial value of property taken by the federal government. The rumored order, Leavel heard, would include compensation to former slaveholders, as they considered enslaved persons as "property".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Livingston Mims in Mobile, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the movement of Mississippi troops to Pensacola, Florida.