Richard Yates to Surgeon in Charge

State of Illinois

Executive Department.

Springfield July 27th 1864

Surgeon in Charge

Post Hospital

Cairo Ills,

Sir: Richard R. Yeargin of Co F. 30th Regt Ill. Vet. Vols. is confined in your hospital and as I am informed incapacitated by wounds to do further field duty. As he cannot receive his discharge while in Post Hospital, I would request that he be transferred to General Hospital at Quincy or Camp Butler, to be examined for discharge.

Respectfully,

Your obed't serv't,

Richd. Yates

Governor

Y. 9. [illegible] Do DMO Vol. 1/64

U.S. Post Hospital

Cairo Ill July 30th

Respectfully returned - the person named within can only be transferred on the order of the Asst. Surgeon General.

Jno. F. Taggart

Surgeon in charge

State of Illinois

Executive Department

Springfield Aug 8. 64

Respectfully referred to the Medical Director of the Department of the Missouri St. Louis with request that the soldier within named be transferred as requested.

Richd. Yates

Governor

File

Recd back Ex Office Aug 16th 1864

Hd. Qrs. Dept. of the Mo.

Medical Directors Office

St. Louis MO

Aug 10th 1864

Respectfully forwarded to the Asst. Surgeon General USA. This paper has evidently been sent to this office by mistake as this man is not in any General Hospital in this Dept.

[illegible] Miles

Surgeon USA

Medical Director

C. A. S. G. O. LB3 C40.

Respectfully returned to His Excellency Richd. Yates Governor of Illinois.

Act. Asst. Surgeon J. P. Taggart USA has been directed to transfer the within named Priv. Richard R. Yeargin Co. F. 30th Ill. Vet. Vols., to Quincy General Hospital to be examined for discharge.

To prevent delay in similar cases, it is respectfully requested that the application be addressed to Col. R. C. Wood Asst. Surgeon General U.S.A. who alone has the authority to make individual transfers in cases of emergency, from one General Hospital to another.

Joseph B. Brown

Surg U.S.A.

Act. Asst. Surgeon General.

U.S.G. Office

Aug 12th 1864.