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Portsmouth Naval Hospital was begun in 1827 and opened in 1830. The hospital was taxed to its capacity in the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic in 1855, which decimated Portsmouth and Norfolk. Since its establishment, it has cared for the sick and wounded of the Navy in all wars of the United States, and it is the oldest hospital of the Navy.
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Portsmouth, Virginia · United States
