From the Richmond Dispatch, 6/4/1862, p. 2
A New Hospital. – The Ridge Church, located on the
Westham Plank Road, eight miles from the city of Richmond, is to be converted
into a hospital for the accommodation of the wounded soldiers, and will be
opened probably about the end of the present week. Already subscriptions to the
amount of $250 have been made, and any additional sums left at this office for
the purpose indicate will be given the right direction. All the doctors located
in the neighborhood of the Church will attend the hospital regularly, thus
insuring good nursing and careful attention. The ladies will also attend to the
sick. The Church is in District No. 4, Henrico, and will be named, as a
hospital, “The Soldiers’ Home.”
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