From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that the cannon at Oxford not be taken away.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant A. J. Cochran in Petersburg, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have the Confederate Guards Artillery transferred to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Sergeant F. A. Crosley in North Carolina to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting recruits for his battery (Confederate Guards Artillery).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J[ames] L. Alcorn at Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning keeping Captain Grissom's battery in the Mississippi Valley.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John O. Grisham at Iuka, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning men attempting to transfer from Grisham's company (Confederate Guards Artillery).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. W. C. Smith at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor that two men had joined the "McClung Riflemen," (Company E, 19th Mississippi Infantry).