From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Colonel William Barksdale at Corinth, Mississippi, informing Adjutant General William H. Brown of the companies comprising the 12th and 13th Mississippi Infantry regiments.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from E. M. Blackburn in Corinth, Mississippi, asking Adjutant General William H. Brown which is the senior company, the Natchez Fencibles or the Chickasaw Guards.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Jane A. Murray at Natchez, Mississippi, asking that Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus release her son Francis from the Natchez fencibles as he is her only support.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from G. W. Fowler in Natchez, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the Fencibles await orders and would like to move with artillery on Sunday.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from E. M. Blackburn in Natchez, Mississippi, asking Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to telegraph him to hold the fencibles in readiness to move at a moment's notice.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. M. Abbett to the Military Board of Mississippi, asking permission for a group of men to enlist in Virginia into the Natchez Fencibles.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Cannon in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for a home guard fo young boys and old men.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from G. M. Fowler in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the sale of bonds to help fund the war effort.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain Edwin M. Blackburn of the "Natchez Fencibles" to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus who is upset because the unit had not been activated. (Company G, 12th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William L. Lovell in Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the mustering in of the "Natchez Fencibles." (Company B, 12th Mississippi Infantry)
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Major General W. W. W. Wood of the 1st Division Mississippi Militia to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning cannon in Natchez, Mississippi.
