From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Lipscomb in Jackson, Mississippi, requesting payment of the "Southern Avengers," (Company E, 10th Mississippi Infantry) for militia duty.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor not to muster the "Columbus Riflemen," but keep them for local defense.