From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Stephen Castleman at Ashland, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, denying that he ever held any cotton for Mrs. Rose.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate General Earl Van Dorn in Vicksburg, Mississippi, praising Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown for the service done by the CSS Arkansas, of which Brown is captain.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus to Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, captain of the CSS Arkansas, praising him and his men for striking a blow against United States forces.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate General Earl Van Dorn at Vicksburg, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that the CSS Arkansas had successfully fought its way through the United States Navy fleet.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Navy Captain Isaac N. Brown at Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning a plan to salvage the guns of the U.S.S. Cairo.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, requesting an anchor and chain for the C. S. S. Arkansas.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Navy Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, commander of the Confederate C. S. S. Arkansas, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the need for carpenters to work on the pilot house.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Isaac Newton Brown, who just resigned from the U.S. Navy, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus relating how he came home to Mississippi.