From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate Congressman Henry C. Chambers in Richmond, Virginia, concerning the need for state troops to keep enslaved persons in subjugation.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. C. Falkner, Commander of the 1st Mississippi Regiment, Partisan Rangers, to Jacob Thomson, concerning his efforts to raise the regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel W. C. Falkner of the 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Colonel Thomson, concerning the organization of his regiment.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. F. Smith, a Captain in the state militia at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the need for arms and equipment for his men.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Colonel W. C. Falkner at Pontotoc, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his efforts to raise the 1st Mississippi Regiment, partisan rangers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from T. T. Maury at Wahalak, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the "Price Rangers," a company raised by Maury.