From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from the men of the 1st Mississippi Infantry, State Troops in Grenada, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus offering to do three months active service in Hinds County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Petition from the soldiers of the 1st Regiment, Mississippi Minute Men, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus protesting their transfer to Confederate service.