From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Petition from New Madrid, Missouri, by the members of the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (1st Mississippi Cavalry), asking to return to Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from New Madrid, Missouri, by Confederate Major John H. Miller requesting Maynard Rifles for the 1st Mississippi Cavalry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Star Place, Mississippi, by H. Moseley, requesting "Mississippi Buttons" for the Pettus Flying Artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Columbus, Mississippi, by George E. Redwood, Jr., concerning his refusal to enlist in the Confederate Army while in the militia.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from New Madrid, Missouri, by Confederate Captain A. B. Cole, requesting Maynard Rifles for the "Pontotoc Dragoons," (1st Miss. Cav.).