Orders from William Emile Doster to James Brannin For the Retrieval of Bodies With Brannin\u27s Response, November 10, 1862

This handwritten set of documents, dated November 10 and 11, 1862, are the orders for Lieutenant James M. Brannin from William E. Doster to report to the city jail to retrieve the bodies of Sandy and Rachel Sutherland and Brannin\u27s report on the status of the orders as he carried them out. The orders were to take them peaceably if possible but by force if necessary and Brannin reported that the orders were carried out under the protest of the persons in command of the city jail. Doster\u27s orders are written on Headquarters Provost Marshal\u27s office letterhead.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-original-manuscripts/1136/thumbnail.jp