Cuvier Grover to Headquarters Department of the South, February 1, 1865

ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the South: My medical director yesterday inspected the condition of the rebel prisoners confined at Fort Pulaski, and represents that they are in a condition of great suffering and exhaustion for the want of sufficient food and clothing; also that they have the scurvy to a considerable extent. He recommends, as a necessary sanitary measure, that they be at once put on full prison rations, and also that they be allowed to receive necessary articles of clothing from their friends. I would respectfully indorse the surgeon’s recommendations and ask authority to take such steps as may be necessary to relieve actual sickness and suffering. f l

C. GROVER,