From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from M. W. Harris at Collierville, Tennessee, to Adjutant General Henson, enclosing a petition asking to form the Bainsville Troupe militia company with signatures of volunteers included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. P. Tillman at Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning his enslaved person who was in jail in Copiah County, Mississippi, allegedly charged with murder.