From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William F. Fitzgerald, the Confederate Captain of the "Tallahatchie Rifles," at Charleston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the transfer of James Gates.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Winfield S. Statham in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that the "Grenada Rifles" be allowed to keep their arms. (Company G, 15th Mississippi Infantry)

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George F. Crawford in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for a local militia company. (Company G, 15th Mississippi Infantry)