From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill in Orizaba, Mississippi, requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry) be received into service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the ""W. C. Falkner Guards"" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from S. C. Rutherford at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting that the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be recieved into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from John W. Thompson at Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner Guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert J. Hill at Orizaba, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "W. C. Falkner guards" be received into service (Company B, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Johnson at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus tendering his services to the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Elam M. Wells at Molino, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Petttus requesting the "Molino Rifles" be mustered into service (Company H, 23rd Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Robert W. Flournoy in New Albany, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting uniforms and equipment for the "New Albany Grays." (Company K, 21st Mississippi Infantry)