From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Charles Gustavus Dahlgren at Natchez, Mississippi, informing T. A. Mellon that he consents for his company to be transferred.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, by Thomas A. Mellon, an officer of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry, requesting two cavalry pistols.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Absolom Madden West, General of Mississippi Militia, consenting to the transfer of the "Downing Rifles" (Company C, 3rd Mississippi Infantry).