From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. S. Hudson at Benton, Mississippi, informing Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus that United States Army soldiers were attempting to bypass Vicksburg, Mississippi, via Lake Providence and the Red River.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison at New Liberia, Louisiana to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the seizure of a steamboat being used to haul salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. S. Pattison in Port Gibson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a plan to fortify the islands off the coast of Mississippi.