From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from W. F. at Houston, Mississippi, to Milton E. Bacon, concerning the raising of a local militia company. The author expresses their desire to see United States Army forces withdrawn from the state, and their hope that raising militias will speed said withdrawal. (Damage to the bottom of the page renders the author's surname illegible).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Milton E. Bacon and J. J. Davenport at Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning supposed need for a local militia in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Bacon and Davenport seek approval to have former Confederate officer William F. Tucker lead their militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Milton Bacon to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus enclosing a copy of a letter he sent to Confederate President Jefferson Davis asking for a job as impressment commissioner.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Milton E. Bacon in Okolona, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for salt by destitute families.