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. Letter from Peter Lowrey in Rome, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting information on how to form a home guard unit for local defense.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Neville Edmunds in Louisville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the commissions of officers for the "Winston Guards." (Company A, 13th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. W. Metts to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing the election returns for officers of a militia company in Winston County, Mississippi.