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Virginia's Confederate Military Hospitals

Introduction

The late 20th century understanding of Civil War era medicine is weak at best, with some execptions. Injuries and diseases which are today minor annoyances were in the 1860's often fatal. The Union and Confederate military organizations expended large amounts of resources on hospitals and medical care for their men, but often to little avail. I have provided some links to Civil War medical sites. There isn't much available on this topic.  

Links

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Civil War Medical Bibliography
Civil War Medicine
Civil War Medicine

This list is intended to identify as many stationary hospitals and the periods they were in service. Field hospitals with the Army of Northern Virginia are exceedingly difficult to track, and were used only to stabalize wounded men. When they were able they were transferred to one of the stationary hospitals.

Abingdon, Washignton County

• Hospital at the Martha Washington College
  

Blacks and Whites, (Now Blackstone) Nottoway County

• General Hospital, referenced in some service records.

Burkeville, Nottoway County

• Burkeville General Hosptial

Charlottesville, Albemarle County

• Charlottesville General Hospital, July 22, 1861 - August 2, 1865

Culpeper Court House, Culpeper County

• General Hospital, June 1861 - March 1862

Danville, Pittsylvania County

• Danville General Hospital, March 12, 1862 - April 7, 1865.

Emory, Washington County

• Emory and Henry College Hospital, December 1862- April 1865.

Farmville, Prince Edward County

• Farmville General Hosptial, May 1862 - April 1865.
• Wayside Hospital, 1863-1865.

Fredericksburg, (Independent City)

• No record.

Front Royal, Warren County

• General Hospital, September 1, 1861 - March 4, 1862.

Gordonsville, Orange County

• General Hospital, June 1, 1863 - May 5, 1864

Hanover Junction, Hanover County

• June 30, 1863 - October 18, 1864.

Lexington, Rockbridge County

• Fairview General Hosptial, 1863-1864.

Liberty, Bedford County

• General Hospital, January 2, 1864 - March 2, 1865

Lynchburg, (Independent City)

• General Hospital, No. 1, May 1861 - 1865
• General Hospital, No. 2, April 1862 - 1865
• General Hospital, No. 3, April 1862 -1865
• Camp Nicholls Hospital, 1862-1865
• Ladies Relief Hospital, 1862-1865
• Pratt Hospital, 1862-1865
• Way Hospital, 1862-1865

Mount Jackson, Shenandoah County

• Hospital, June 1862.

Norfolk (Independent City)

• No Record.

Orange Court House, Orange County

• General Hospital, July 22, 1861 - April 23, 1862.

Petersburg (Independent City)

• Confederate States Hospital, March 27, 1861 - 1865.
• Petersburg General Hospital, October 1, 1861 - April 1865.
• 1st North Carolina Hospital, October 1861 - September 1863
• 2nd North Carolina Hospital, March 21, 1862 - 1864.
• Hoke's Division Hospital, June 1863-April 1865.
• South Carolina Hospital, May 10, 1862 - 1864.

Portsmouth

• Hospital of the 4th Regiment Georgia Infantry, 5/1861-4/1862.

Richmond (Independent City)

• African Church Hospital
• 1st Alabama Hospital, later renamed General Hospital #20.
• 2nd Alabama Hospital, 1862-63
• 3rd Alabama Hospital
• 4th Alabama Hospital 1863
• Alexander Hospital, 6-8/1862
• Alms House Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #1)
• Atkinson Factory Hospital. 1862
• Bacon and Baskerville Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #7)
• Bailey's Factory Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #2)
• Bank of Virginia Hospital, 7/1862
• Banner Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #12)
• Baptist Church Hospital (alternate name for Fourth Street Hospital).
• Baptist College Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #4)
• Barracks Hospital, may have been part of the Belle Isle Prison Complex.
• Belle Isle Hospital, 9/1864-1865
• Bellevue Hospital, 9/1861
• Bolton Hospital (alternate name for Bellevue Hospital).
• Bosher's Carriage Factor Hospital, used through mid-1863
• Breeden and Fox Hospital, 1862
• Briggs Hospital, 1862
• Broad Street Hotel Hospital, 1861-62.
• Brook Hospital (alternate name for St. Francis de Sales Hospital)
• Buchanan Hospital
• Byrd Island Hospital, (alternate name for General Hospital #3).
• Camp Lee Hospital, 1862-65.
• Castle Thunder Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #13).
• Centenary Methodist Hospital, 1861
• Central Hospital, 1862
• Chaffin's Bluff Hospital, 1862-65.
• Chimborazo Hospital, 1862-65. A complex of hospital wards, divided into five divisions, often referred to as Chimborazo Hospital #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5.
• City Guard Barracks Hospital (alternate name for Stuart General Hospital)
• City Home Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #1)
• Clopton Hosptial
• College Hospital (alternate name for Medical College of Virginia Hospital).
• Company G Hall Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #27).
• Conner Hospital, 1864
• Crawford's Saloon Hospital (alternate name for Ezell Hospital).
• Crew's Factory Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #15)
• Danville Railroad Hosptial (alternate name for General Hosptial #28).
• Dibrell Warehouse Hospital. June 1862.
• Dill Springs Hospital, 1864.
• Drewry's Bluff Hospital, 1862-65.
• Eastern Military District Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #13).
• Engineering Bureau Hospital, 1862 (for African-American laborers).
• Epps Hosptial, 1861-62 (for North Carolina Troops).
• Ezell Hospital, 1862. Private hospital.
• Factory Hospital, 1862
• Fair Grounds Hospital (Alternate name for Camp Lee Hospital).
• Florida Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #11).
• Fourth Street Hospital, 1861.
• Gangrene Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #27.)
• Garrison Hospital, 1862
• General Hospitals #1-28.
• 1st Georgia Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #16)
• 2nd Georgia Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #14).
• 3rd Georgia Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #19).
• 4th Georgia Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #17).
• Gilliam's Hospital, (alternate name for General Hospital #3)
• Ginter, Alvey and Arent's Hosptial. 1862
• Globe Hosptial (alternate name for General Hospital #11).
• Grant Factory Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #12).
• Greaner's Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #18)
• Gwathmey Factory Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #18)
• Hardgrove's Factory Hospital, 1862. (May have been General Hospital #24).
• Henningsen Hospital. Private Hospital. 1862-1863.
• Hermitage Hospital (alternate name for Camp Lee Hospital).
• Howard's Factory Hosptial (alternate name for General Hospital #22).
• Howard's Grove Hospital, 1862-65 Smallpox facility.
• Howard's Warehouse Hospital (alternate name for the Naval Hospital).
• Institute Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital. #4).
• Jackson General Hosptial.
• Keen, Baldwin and Company Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #6).
• Kent, Paine and Company Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #5).
• Lanier & Company's Warehouse Hospital, 1862.
• Libby Prison Hospital, 1862-65.
• Liggon's Factory Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #23).
• Liggon's & Howard's Hospital (alternate name for General Hospitals #22 and #23.).
• Ligon's Home Hospital, 1861.
• Lightfoot Hospital, 1862.
• Louisiana Hospital
• Lunatic Hospital (Part of General Hospital #13).
• Main Street Hospital, POW facility, 1861-65.
• Manchester Baptist Church Hospital, 1862.
• Marine Hospital (alternate name for the Naval Hospital)
• Marshall Springs Hospital, 1862.
• Masonic Hall Hospital, 1861-1862
• Mayo's Warehouse Hospital, 1862
• Medical College of Virginia Hospital, 1861-64.
• Metropolitan Hall Hospital, 6/1862
• Mississippi Hospital, 1862
• Moore's Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #24).
• Naval Hospital, 1861-63.
• North Carolina Hospital (alternate name for General Hospitals #22 and #24.)
• North Carolina Soldiers' Home, Convalescent facility. 1864.
• Old Dominion Hospital (alternate name for the Medical College of Virginia Hospital).
• Orthopediac (sic) Hospital, 1862
• Pleasants and Frazier Factory Hosptial, 1861.
• Prison Hospital (alternate name for portions of General Hospitals #13 and #21.)
• Private Quarters Hospital (erroneous name given to facilities, i.e., private homes in which sick and wounded were tended.
• Public Guard Hospital. 1861-63.
• Randolph's Factory Hosptial. (Alternate name for General Hosptial #25).
• Receiving and Wayside Hospital (Alternate name for General Hosptials #7 and #9).
• Richardson and Company Hospital, 6-7, 1862.
• Richmond College Hospital (Alternate name for Lousiana General Hosptial).
• Ridge Church Hospital, 1862.
• Robertson Hospital, Private facility, 6/1862-2/1865.
• Robinson's Factory Hospital (Alternate name for 3rd Alabama Hospital).
• Ross Factory Hospital (alternate name for Main Street Hospital).
• Royster's Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #20.)
• Sailor's Home Hospital. 1863.
• Saint Charles Hospital. (alternate name for General Hospital. #8).
• Saint Francis de Sales Hospital. Catholic Charitable Hospital, 6/1862-2/1865
• Samaritan Hospital, Private Facility.
• Seabrooks Warehouse Hospital (alternate name for General Hospital #9).
• Seaman's Bethel Hospital, Union prisoners suffering from gangrene.
• Shoe Depot Hospital, 1862
• Small Pox Hospital (alternate name for Howard's Grove Hospital).
• Soldiers' Home, 1862-65.
• Soldiers' Rest. No information
• South Carolina Hospital. 1862.
• Spotswood Hotel Hospital. 1861.
• Springfield Hall Hospital. (alternate name for General Hospital. #26).
• Stewart's School House Hospital. (alternate name for Samaritan Hospital).
• Stuart Hospital, -1865.
• Swan Tavern Hospital (Alternate name for Broad Street Hotel Hospital).
• Sycamore Hospital. 1861.
• Temperance Hall Hospital. 1862.
• Texas Hospital. (Alternate name for General Hospital #25).
• Turpin's Factory Hospital (alternate name for 2nd Alabama Hospital).
• Turpin's and Yarbrough Factory Hospital. (alternate name for 2nd Alabama Hospital).
• Union Hall Hospital. 1862.
• United States Hotel Hospital. (Alternate name for General Hospital. #10.).
• Warwick Hospital. 1861-1862.
• Wayside Hospital. (Alternate name for General Hospital. #12).
• Winder Hospital. 1862-65.
• Yarbrough Factory Hospital (Alternate name for 2nd Alabama Hospital, and part of General Hospital. #21.).
• YMCA Hospital. Private facility.

Romney, Hampshire County

• Hospital

Staunton, Augusta County

• Western State Hospital.

Warm Springs, Bath County

• Hospital, 1861

Williamsburg (Independent City)

• Baptist Church Hospital 1861-1862
• Episcopal Church Hospital, 1861-1864
• Methodist Church Hospital, 1861-1862
• Seminary Hospital, 1861-1862
• New Court House Hospital, 1861-1862.

Winchester, Frederick County

• Hospital, May 1862
• General Hospital, July - August 1864.
• Lovingston Hospital, August - September 1862.

White Sulphur Springs

• Hospital, 1861