From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from George Barnes at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus tendering the services of the "Claiborne Cavalry."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from P. Randolph Leigh in Sunflower County, Mississippi, to W.A. Lake and C.L. Buck regarding possible legislation that would improve navigation on the Sunflower River.