From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain B. G. Lawrence of the Benton Relief Rifles to Quartermaster General William Barksdale in Jackson, Mississippi, asking for buttons to be used on the uniforms of his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James W. Crow in Pleasanton, Mississippi, requesting a medical discharge from Confederate Captain Benson's company.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bassett G. Lawrence at Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting equipment for the "Sam Benton Rifles," (Company F, 17th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bassett G. Lawrence in Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting orders for the "Sam Benton Rifles," (Company F, 17th Mississippi Infantry).