From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from B. F. Warsham in Ripley, Mississippi, recommending Dr. E. M. Alexander for a military surgeon's position in the Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. M. Alexander in Ripley, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus withdrawing his request to serve as a surgeon in the army.