From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain J. B. Vance, Commander of Company E, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry at Liberty, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning two of his men arrested for allegedly stealing and desertion.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Reuben Davis at Aberdeen, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus introducing Confederate Captain James F. White (Company I, 2nd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William B. Pettus at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus asking that J. G. McArthur be recommended for commissary of Gordon's regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Gordon in Columbus, Mississippi, requesting "old holster pistols" to help arm the Confederate cavalry company he is raising.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from W. M. Townsend in Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting payment of damages for a horse taken by the Confederate Army.