From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate General John H. Winder in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the court martial of Henry Taylor, Company F, 16th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert C. Spohn, a Sergeant in the 9th Mississippi Infantry at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a commission so that he can better take care of his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Hannah Brown in Lexington, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have her son, a Captain in the 10th Mississippi Infantry given a furlough to come home.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Franklin White in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus giving a list of men being sent to join the "Hill City Cadets." (Company F, 10th Mississippi Infantry)