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Pulliam, Dorsey and Provost Marshal Broadhead

Bruce, don't know if it's on your radar screen or not, but Caleb Dorsey was the brother-in-law of James O. Broadhead, lieutenant colonel of the 3rd MSM Cavalry and Provost Marshal General of the Department of the Missouri (which, at the time, encompassed Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kansas and southern Iowa). Broadhead was married to Mary E. Dorsey, Caleb's sister. This relationship came in handy for Broadhead's rebel in-laws at least once, most prominently when one of the Dorsey brothers was taken in a general round-up of Pike County Confederate sympathizers during a Pike County recruiting foray conducted by none other than the aforementioned J. Drury Pulliam. Broadhead got the youngster released. Caleb Dorsey was also the brother-in-law of Gilchrist Porter, who was U.S. Congressman 1851-1853 and 1855-1857 as well as a judge and prominent northeast Missouri Unconditional Unionist during the war. Porter was married to Comfort Dorsey.

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