Letter
J, Simpson to Henry Palmer, February 15, 1865
MEDICAL DIRECTORâS OFFICE, MIDDLE DEPARTMENT, EIGHTH ARMY CORPS,
Baltimore, Md., February 15, 1865.
Surg. HENRY PALMER, U.S. Volunteers:
SIR: You will proceed to Bolton Station to superintend the removal of eighty rebel prisoners reported by the officer in charge as just having arrived from Elmira, N. Y.,and said to be unable te travel.
You will make a careful examination of these men, and such of them as are, in your opinion, too ill to accomplish the journey to City Point you will send to the West Buildings Hospital, and make a full report to this office.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Surgeon, U. S. Army, Medical Director.
[Second indorsement.]
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Baltimore, Md.. Summary: Surgeon J. Simpson orders Henry Palmer to oversee the transfer of eighty ill Confederate prisoners from Bolton Station, ensuring medical evaluation and hospitalization for those unable to travel.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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