From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the "Mississippi Scouts" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking him to order the company back to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. Mcafee to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that he had the wagons for Confederate General McLaurin's command ready.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James G. Avery, a soldier in the Confederate 4th Mississippi Cavalry, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking if the Exemption Act applies to men already in Confederate service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General James L. Alcorn in Columbus, Kentucky, giving Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus an update on the status of his Confederate brigade.