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 B. J. Wofford and four other men to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting a transfer to the "Spartan Band ," (Company H, 13th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mark S. Womack to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus informing the Governor that his company had been mustered into service (Company G, 5th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Worthington at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting his commission with the "Spartan Band," (Company H, 13th Mississippi Infantry).