From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from West Station, Mississippi, enclosing a recommendation of William A. Land for Collector of Arms.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Quartermaster's Department T. C. McMackin at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting cartridge boxes, cap pouches, and bayonet scabbards.