From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. H. Hall and S. E. Millican to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, recommending individuals for officers of the town of Ellistown, Mississippi. Included is a note from H. F. Hewson, Alcorn's private secretary, giving a summary of the letter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Confederate Lieutenant A. J. Cochran in Petersburg, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, seeking to have the Confederate Guards Artillery transferred to Mississippi.