From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from James Fort and others at Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending John C. Walker for commissioner for the relief of Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from citizens of Newton County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking him to recruit Choctaw Native Americans into the military.