From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from George Barnes at Greenwood, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the transportation of cotton intended for impoverished families of Confederate soldiers on the Southern Railroad of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Barnes at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the "Claiborne Cavalry."