From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Captain William Clark at Handsboro, Mississippi, to Quartermaster General Madison McAfee seeking provisions for his company of Coast Guards.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from Confederate Captain William Clark asking permission to purchase provisions if Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus cannot send them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George H. Moore at Palo Alto, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing him that a local defense company had been formed to resist future United States Army raids.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from William Clark in Mississippi City, Mississippi, concerning an attack on Ship Island, Mississippi, by the "Steam Ship Massachusetts" (USS Massachusetts).