From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. C. Ingram informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that his company disbanded and he is joining the Jeff Davis Rifle Company at Holly Springs, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from the Captain of the "Jeff Davis Rifles" Christopher H. Mott to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms (Company D, 9th Mississippi Infantry).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William M. Strickland in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting arms for the "Jeff Davis Rifles," a local militia company (Company D, 9th Mississippi Infantry).