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Lieut. Col. J. K. Barnes report June 15,1863

Extracts from a report of inspection of Fort Norfolk, Va., June 15, 1863,
by Lieut. Col. J. K. Barnes, medical inspector, U. S. Army.
Clothing of prisoners dirty and worn. The overcrowding of the prison cannot be controlled by the immediate commander. If a number of prisoners arrive it must hold them, whether 100 or 500, and the risk of thus developing a contagious epidemic proportionably increases with the advance of the season.

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Source of Information

55th Congress 3d Session House of Representatives Document No. 312
The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Published under the direction of the Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War,
By Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, Chief of the record and pension office, war department, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley.
Series II – Volume VI.
Washington: Government printing office.
1899