From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from R. Henry Glenn in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, offering his services as a Confederate engineer, artillery, or infantry officer.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. P. Bestor of Clarke County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting an army commission for D. P. Bestor, Jr.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from A. P. Merrill in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting heavy cannon from Vicksburg, Mississippi, to defend the Mississippi river.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Virginius D. Groner in Richmond, Virginia, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus informing the Governor as to secession sentiment in the Old Dominion State.