From the National Archives, RG 109, Ch. VI, Vol. 408 (Letters, Orders, and Circulars Issued and Received, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1861-65), p. 8

General Order

Every Hospital shall have a dead house and the Surgeon in Charge shall be responsible for its condition.

Every Steward shall be responsible for the non performance of the following rule: the name rank company and regiment shall be placed on the breast of the deceased, pinned or sewed on securely when removed from the ward to the dead house.

Every Dead House now in use shall be immediately cleansed and all the cots taken out and beds emptied.

By order of

J. B. McCaw
Surgeon

Chimborazo Hospital
April 9th 1862

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