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Louisville KY
29th of July 1867

Gentlemen,

In reply to your inquiries, I have the honor to make the following statement relative to the sale of the bodies of Refugees and Freedmen who have died at the U.S. Hospital for Refugees and Freedmen in this city.

[[stamp]]The National Archives of the United States[[/stamp]]

I remember to have had several conversations at the hospital with Mr. Michael Cahill (who was then druggist and Clerk there and who is now acting Hospital Steward) at that hospital respecting the sale of the bodies of deceased Refugees and Freedmen. Mr. Cahill told me that they were being sold to medical schools in this city. I also heard from other sources that they had gone as far off as Ann Arbor College Michigan. I learned these facts not only from Mr. Cahill but also from students attached to the Hospital and from other parties.
I remember having a conversation on this subject with Mr. Martin W Roberts then an acting medical cadet in the Hospital. Mr. Roberts told me that not only were the bodies traded away but that artificial means were used for the purpose of obtain