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Richmond City Hospital :: |
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Information about the City Hospital in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War. |
Located just to the east of Shockoe Cemetery, the City Hospital
seems to have been a city-operated facility for the treatment of
smallpox.
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Written Accounts
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/13/1862; Dr.
Carrington, CSA, in charge smallpox hospital, corner 25th & Cary, addresses
city council – valuable details on his Hospital & Howard’s Grove |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
12/22/1862; City
Council meeting; update on patients at “city hospital.” |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/12/1863; smallpox hospital for
negroes opened at Howard's Grove |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
1/13/1863; Negro smallpox hospital
at Howard's Grove; hospital near Shockoe Burying Ground (City Hospital)
reserved for whites |
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Richmond
Whig |
1/13/1863; Small Pox hospital
opened for negroes at Howard's Grove. |
| William A. Carrington CSR (M331)
(no. 23) |
1/16/1863; Breakdown of variola
cases at City Hospital, Gen. Hospital #21, and Howard's Grove Hospital. |
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Richmond
Whig |
1/19/1863; White
smallpox patients are treated at the City Hospital near the Alms House, and
colored patients at Howard’s Grove. Physicians sign. |
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