A handwritten, one-page letter from L. P. Walker to General Anderson in which he approves the raising of John Julius Alston and William Peronneau's Company of Artillery.
A handwritten, two-page letter from William Peronneau to R. W. Barnwell in which he requests his aid in getting commissions from the Confederate government to establish a Company of Artillery. He presents this as a joint effort among himself, John Julius Alston, and E. P. Ravenel.