Stop 8: Bastion D

Responsible for the fort and prison from 1861 to 1864, Colonel Justin Dimick resided in quarters here with his wife and two of his daughters. Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners regarded Dimick as a compassionate and considerate leader. As a testament to Dimick's character, some Confederate prisoners provided his son, a Union officer, a letter to carry with him asking for humane treatment in the event he was captured by Confederate forces. 

The rooms on the left served as the hospital from the time of the Civil War until 1906. Of the more than 2000 Confederate soldiers imprisoned at Fort Warren, 13 died after suffering from tuberculosis, measles, typhoid fever, and other illnesses. When a new hospital was built outside the fort, this area became a library. By the 1940s, the room functioned as a post exchange, selling a variety of items to soldiers stationed at Fort Warren.