From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from an officer of the 14th Mississippi Artillery, Matthew S. Ward, at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning his court-martial.

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 Matthew S. Ward at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus concerning the use of bell metal to make cannons (14th Battalion Mississippi Light Artillery).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. S. Ward in Panola, Mississippi, requesting the release of B. F. Jackson from the penitentiary to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George P. Foote at Panola, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting the "Panola Vindicators" be transferred to C. H. Mott's regiment (Company H, 17th Mississipppi Infantry).