1863 — Nov 23-March 27 1865 (16 mo.), Dysentery,[1] Union POWs, Prison Hosp., Danville VA– 592

–592  US Army Surgeon General. Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion                     

(Part III, Vol. I, Medical History), pp. 35 & 41.[2] (deaths out of 1,367 cases)

Source

United States Army Surgeon General. The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (Part III, Vol. I, Medical History). Chapter 1 “On the Medical Statistics of the War, Section III. Prevalence and mortality of disease among U.S. troops in Confederate prisons,” pp. 33-45. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888. Accessed 5-24-2018 at: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-14121350R-mvset

[1] “Diarrhoea and Dysentery.”

[2] Table XVIII. Showing the number of Cases of certain Specified Diseases and Classes of Disease, and of Deaths attributed to them, among the Confederate Prisoners of War at the principal Prison Depots, for the period covered by the records of each prison.