U.S. Mil. Acady West Point 19 Feby 1855
Sir.
I have recd. with deep regret the intelligence communicated in your letter of the 7th Inst. of the death of Capt: John E. Brackett; a graduate of this Institution; from disease contracted in the service of his country.
The officers at the Acady. & of the Army, cordially sympathize with his friends & relations in their bereavement, & beg to offer their sincere condolences.
I am Sir very respfy. Yr. Obt. Servt.
Signed/ R.E. Lee Br. Col.
Supt. Mil. Acady.
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 186. Addressed “A. G. Brackett Logansport, Ia.”