From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General James Alcorn in Union City, Tennessee, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus send Confederate General Reuben Davis' troops to Columbus [Ky? Ms?] as an attack is expected.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Report from R. M. Hobson, who was sent to Pensacola, Florida, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to check on the strength and condition of the Mississippi troops there.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. F. George in Fort McRee, Florida, requesting a commission to raise a company of cavalry in Madison County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Canton, Mississippi, by John W. Avery, asking permission to join the "Madison Rifles," (Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry).
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus resigning his commission in the "Madison Rifles."
