In June 1862, when the Navy occupied a vacant building near Fort Norfolk, Ben Morgans embarked medical team — headed by Assistant Surgeon James H. Macomber — went ashore to turn that structure into a temporary naval hospital.
On June 1862, as the Navy seized an unused building close to Fort Norfolk, Ben Morgans dispatched a medical group — under the command of Assistant Surgeon James H. Macomber — to transform that site into a temporary naval hospital on shore.