From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram form Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow in Memphis, Tennessee, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the enemy have taken possession of Paducah, Kentucky, and telling him of movements of Mississippi Troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. List from H. P. Bridges who is a volunteer from Bolivar County, Mississippi, serving in the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from officers of the "Bolivar Troop" (Company H, 1st Mississippi Cavalry) to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus stating their assistance had been requested in Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. G. Hudson at Lake Bolivar, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a discharge from the army.