From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mat E. Morton at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning efforts to buy saber bayonets for the "Columbus Riflemen," (Company K, 14th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Major Charles Clark at Corinth, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for drill officers at the camp of instruction.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking the Governor not to muster the "Columbus Riflemen," but keep them for local defense.