To Tullahoma HQ From Jno Cravens March 11 1865

              (Copy) 
Headquarters Defs N & C R.R. 

Tullahoma T. March 11, 1865 



Respectfully returned- The Maj Genl Comdg 
directs me to say that Mrs Dolly Battle, with her  
sister-in-law, Miss Sallie Battle, were arrested at 
Wartrace Tenn. by his order, house days ago, for the 
reason that they had come to that place 60 miles 
on horseback to re-coffin and bury the body of a 
notorious robber, bushwhacker, guerilla, thief and  
murderer named Van Houten alias Trammel, who 
was killed at that place on the night of the 21th ult. 
while engaged with a band of some ten other guerillas 
thieves and robbers in robbing the telegraph office & 
sutler store at that place. This thief when killed  
had the telegraph instrument under his arm, and 
there was found ire his person the photographes of 
this Mrs. Battle and her sister-in-law, together with 
a small pocket edition of Shakespeare, with the 
inscription “Presented to Henry Traummel by his friend  
Dolly Battle.”  Also a gold watch which she says  
was her property loaned to him, showing the closest 
friendship and intimacy between them. 


The reputation of their whole family is notoriously  
bad for treason and being the allies and harborers 
of bushwackers.		This Mrs Dolly Battle & her