From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from several citizens to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending W. D. Lyles be appointed a commissioner to visit prisoner of war camps where Mississippians were being held.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, recommending Captain W. H. Vasser as a commissioner to distribute funds to Mississippi soldiers held as prisoners of war by the United States.