From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain Angus Taylor of the Gaines Invincibles asking if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus can give his company a battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. G. Morris at Oakland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the officer's commissions for Ward's battery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Matthew S. Ward in Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the attempt to take away men of his battery, 14th Battalion of Mississippi Artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. M. Stephens to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a discharge from Ward's battalion as he is a shoemaker.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mrs. Thomas E. Clarke and Mrs. C. V. Miller at Panola, Mississippi, seeking the discharge of Dr. L. P. Lester from military service.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Marsh in Port Gibson, Mississippi, asking that Dr. S. F. R. Abbay be appointed head of the Confederate soldier's hospital at Port Gibson.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James A. Hoskins in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, concerning the pay due to soldiers of the Brookhaven Light Artillery by the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, by Confederate Captain James S. Hoskins, commander of the Brookhaven Light Artillery, giving an update on the battery.