From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Richard Winters at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning an African American United States Army soldier that whipped Mrs. Fort, a resident of Madison County, Mississippi.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from General Richard Winter in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus concerning the impressment of horses that were turned over to the Confederate government.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General Richard Winter of the militia in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning James H. Alford, who was seeking a discharge from the service.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brigadier General Richard Winter in Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, concerning the organization of "minute men" in each county.
From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Richard Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus resigning his commission in the "Madison Rifles."
