From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from W. P. Atkins at Aberdeen, Mississippi, asking that a brigade of Mississippi troops be raised for defense of the state.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Atkins at Middleton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking the position of medical director on Confederate General John C. Pemberton's staff.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Atkins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting permission to obtain medicines for the state of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Atkins at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting Pettus to recommend him to be promoted to surgeon of the 4th Mississippi Infantry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James Draine Bankston, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting that Dr. H. P. Atkins be appointed surgeon on the staff of Confederate General West.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from H. P. Atkins at Middleton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting the position of assistant surgeon in the 4th Mississippi Infantry.