From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. H. Hammersly, a refugee from Missouri, at Carrollton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus seeking a cavalry commission in the state troops.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter by Confederate Captain Prince to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning a man in his company who was seeking a discharge.