From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Captain John T. Shaaff at the Office of the Chief Commissary in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the seizure of some wheat being shipped by train by Mr. Lowry.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Thornton S. Avara in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus asking if a discharged soldiers can be conscripted.