From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. H. Winston at Gainesville, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking that Willis B. Holston be detailed. Also enclosed letter of James A. Evans concerning Mr. Holston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Edward C. Eggleston to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking to have his overseer, Alfred Gupton, exempted from militia duty.