From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Telegram from M. S. Ward in Panola, Mississippi, asking Jones S. Hamilton to enroll Captain Yates and Captain McClendon's companies, and Wards Battery flying artillery.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from M. S. Ward in Panola, Mississippi, requesting the release of B. F. Jackson from the penitentiary to join the Confederate Army.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from M. S. Ward, commander of the post at Enterprise, Mississippi, to E. Surget concerning the use of exempt county officials to capture deserters from the army.