From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Brookhaven, Mississippi, by E. L. Bowen, informing the Mississipi Governor John Jones Pettus of a suspicious character, a "Mr. Gonagal."

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from E. L. Bowen at Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus requesting passes for two men seeking to join Confederate Captain McLean's company in Union, Tennessee.