From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, requesting funds to return members of the "Westville Guards" (Company B, 16th Mississippi Infantry) to Virginia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. A. Banks in Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus recommending C. B. Banks for the position of quartermaster with the 6th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from L. B. Walker in Westville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing list of the members of the "westville guards," a local militia company.