Information about Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War.
An extremely large hospital facility constructed after the outbreak of war and
first opened 17 October 1861. It was on land bounded by the present streets of
Clay on the north, 30th on the west, 34th on the east, and
the bottom of the hill on the south. The Richmond National Battlefield Park
building stands in about the middle of the old hospital grounds. Named for the
hill on which it was located which was named after Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.
One of the largest of all military hospitals up to its time. Normal occupancy
was about 3,000. It had about 120 buildings in all. Those for patients were
divided into five divisions. It had its own ice house, soup house, bakery, soap
factory, etc., operated its own farms, beef and goat herds, canal trading boat.
Divisions were designated for Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Maryland,
at the beginning, but names varied at different periods. Medical staff about 45.
Had natural springs. It claimed to have handled 17,000 wounded cases. Dr. James
B. McCaw, surgeon-in-chief. Operated by Federal occupation forces for several
weeks. [From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert
W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee,
Richmond, Virginia 1964.]
James B. McCaw
Surgeon in Chief, Chimborazo Hospital
P. F. Browne
Surgeon in Charge, Chimborazo Hospital Division
#1
S. E. Habersham
Surgeon in Charge, Chimborazo Hospital Division
#2
E. H. Smith
Surgeon in Charge, Chimborazo Hospital Division
#3
W. A. Davis
Surgeon in Charge, Chimborazo Hospital Division
#4
E. M. Seabrook
Surgeon in Charge, Chimborazo Hospital Division
#5
3/28/1861; ad for the summer schedule of
classes at the Medical College - McCaw and Gibson are listed as professors;
students will have access to patients at Bellevue Hospital and Alms House
free of charge
5/22/1861, p. 3; Richmond Howitzers
camped on Chimborazo hill, with new military road "leading from the
plateau," along the declivity, to the encampment at Rocketts. Artillery
posted atop the hill.
7/23/1861; report of the city
committee to deal with wounded from the Battle of First Manassas. Drs. McCaw
and Hancock (amongst others) are to go to Manassas, while Luther Libby and
George S. Palmer (amongst others) are on a committee to procure
accommodations.
1861 (ca. October); $58,883.80 paid for work done at
Chimborazo: Summary of extremely important itemized invoice for construction
of buildings that will become Chimborazo Hospital.
10/12/1861;
18 Ga. Hospital
located "near Bloody Run" (Chimborazo)
Joseph F.
Powell file, M346
10/15/1861; $243.55 paid for work at
Chimborazo Hospital: 13 dining tables & seats @ $12
($156.00), 681 feet @5c ($34.05), 2 writing desks @ $4
($8.00), 2 counters ($20.00), 1 Press 6x6 & door to same
($7.50), Wash Stand & shelf ($3.00), 75 Spittoons @ 20c
($75.00). “Octo. 15th 1861. I certify that this
account is correct & just & that the Hospital furniture was
furnished before I had any Hospital Fund. J. B.
McCaw, Surg.” [McCaw and Winder sign in margin]
Joseph F.
Powell file, M346
1861; $598.88
paid for Building Stable at Chimborazo Hospital [Gen.
Winder signed]
10/16, 17, 23/1861; Powell
receives $8000, $10,000 then $14,000 as “part pay for houses
built as barracks.” Noteworthy that the first receipt
is dated the same day that Chimborazo opened. Date of
contract was August 30.
11/16/1861; Surgeon McCaw directs
that ambulance drivers will no longer deposit their patients at Chimborazo
and drive off before making sure that there is room for them
12/5/1861; Surgeon General Moore
directs that Chimborazo will provide provisions for 1000 convalescents,
apparently sent from other Richmond hospitals - notes on scarcity of fuel
1/9/1862;
wonderful description of the Chimborazo Hospital fund from 10/11/1861 to
1/1/1862; note that 10/11/1861 is the earliest known date for the
establishment of the hospital yet seen.
2/13/1862;
YMCA meets at corner 10th and Broad. Mr. P.
B. Price tells of “his labors in Chimborazo Hospital. The soldiers there
were eager for religious instruction and reading.”
4/30/1862; Complaint that a barracks master is employed
at Chimborazo, now that it has become a hospital - "When the buildings which
compose this Hospital were first erected, they were intended for a barracks"
6/9/1862; Description of the Battle of Seven
Pines - notes that Capt. Elliot is raising a force for local defense;
mentions the South Carolina Hospital in Manchester, Chimborazo, Winder, and
the Alms House Hospital
6/10/1862; appeal for a listing of patients in Richmond - mentions the
difficulty in canvassing the many hospitals and the “streets of sick and
wounded” at Camp Winder and Chimborazo
7/11/1862; call for attention to Chimborazo
hospital - notes that it has many patients, but its remoteness causes it to
be overlooked to those looking to help or contribute. Notes also the need to
keep the buildings clean
7/15/1862; G. W.
Nelson list 28 AWOLs from Hanover Artillery. Anyone thinking themselves
unfit report to McCaw at Chimborazo. Battery camped on RYRRR, attached to
Colquitt.
7/26/1862; notes that the stench of
"suppurating wounds" from Chimborazo Hospital can be smelt upon approaching
Richmond on the train; notes on the military situation and local feeling
9/26/1862; excellent description of the Senate
debate on the hospital bill. Praises Clopton, St. Francis de Sales,
Louisiana Hospital, and Winder Hospital. Gives some statistics not available
elsewhere. Generally praises hospitals run by women
9/26/1862; Surgeon General's
report on Richmond and Petersburg hospitals. Notes that, up to this time,
almost 100,000 patients have been treated in Richmond hospitals. Includes
mortality figures.
9/30/1862; Report of the Select Committee on
Hospitals; reports on hospitals in Richmond and elsewhere and what to do
about them - recommends reforms such as matrons, purchasing agents, and
effective hospital funds. Mentions many current matrons, including S. L.
Tompkins, Mrs. Clopton, Mrs. Hopkins, several heretofore unknown
matrons at Winder Hospital, and many others. Gives statistics of Winder and
Chimborazo Hospitals. Excellent article.
10/2/1862; "Waste of Life Amongst the Rebels"
comments on the published hospital statistics (mentions Winder and
Chimborazo) and blames the mortality on the laziness of the Southerners
12/9/1862; City
Council: discusses CSA smallpox hospital, now near corner 25th & Cary; 798
kegs of powder in city magazine; sells settees from Mechanics’ Hall to
Govt., for use of patients at Chimborazo Hospital
1/8/1863; Carrington writes on the baking of
bread in Richmond hospitals, urges the construction of ovens. Gives great
details on the Chimborazo Bakery. Notes that GH1, GH4, Winder, Chimborazo
and the South Carolina hospital all have their own ovens. GH9 and GH13
mentioned.
1/30/1863; excellent letter from
Phoebe Pember to her sister describing life at Chimborazo and a visit to
Mrs. Hopkins at the Alabama Hospital. Mentions getting special treatment
from the Surgeon General and allowed to board where she pleases and given an
ambulance
3/5/1863; One of the Matrons at
Chimborazo is accustomed to entertaining for dinner - Moore cautions against
the tendency of the matrons to become extravagant
4/11/1863; Carrington orders McCaw
to retain a Mrs. Stickney as a matron, but Habersham (2nd Division Surgeon)
had fired her previously for insubordination; she is described as "a
dangerous character about a Hospital"
7/24/1863; hospitals have been
reapportioned by state; describes admissions procedures in the future -
mentions the Receiving Hospital (General Hospital #9)
8/26/1863; McCaw is evicted from
the "Chimborazo House," though the owner does not require the dead-house "in
the garden" to be removed; probably refers to the headquarters building
8/1863; excerpts of William Trahern (6th LA) memoir
describing service at Chimborazo Hospital as a clerk to Dr. McCaw. Notes
being provided quarters in "a house not far from the Surgeon's office, owned
by a Mrs. Harrison."
9/1/1863; letter from Surgeon at
General Hospital #9 responding to the charge that ambulances are in the
habit of taking patients to Divisions 1 & 3 at Chimborazo Hospital.
Hereafter, patients will be taken to Chimborazo's "Central Office"
10/10/1863; Surgeon Davis (Division
#4) reports a number of bunks that are not needed, and recommends breaking
them up, as they are rough and unsightly
11/30/1863 & 12/1/1863; Controversy
over an ambulance driver at Chimborazo.
Joseph F.
Powell file, M346
12/8/1863; $17,657.60 paid “For work done
at Chimborazo Hospital: 44144 feet of upright posts,
tie beams, braces and renailing collar beams to 89 wards
@40¢” [McCaw & S. P. Moore sign]
1/25/1864; patients remaining at
Chimborazo are ordered to be consolidated into one Division, and the others
closed, the employees discharged if practicable. In the future, women
without children will be preferred as matrons
1/28/1864; patients from General
Hospital #1 and Howard's Grove are to be sent to Chimborazo; rescinds the
order closing down unoccupied Divisions of Chimborazo
2/1/1864; details over the housing
for a matron of Chimborazo Hospital - only $20 is provided by the Government
for matrons' quarters - she required $30. McCaw attempts to have building
erected for them.
2/19/1864; "The Feeding of the Prisoners"
testimony from the butcher who supplied Chimborazo Hospital and Gen. Winder
(for prisoners) with meat - shoots down the idea that the prisoners are
inadequately supplied, while noting that they may not have gotten the best
beef
2/24/1864; lamentation that the
Confederate Government will not give the Alms House back to the city. Notes
that "Chimborazo, Camp Winder, Howard’s Grove, etc., afford ample room for
all the sick and wounded soldiers brought to this military department" and
if they fill up, there are many other places to put the patients
3/11/1864; Carrington gives
attention to the case of Private Van Lew [Elizabeth Van Lew's brother]. It
seems that Priv. Van Lew was attempting to be discharged from the service at
Chimborazo
5/2/1864; 380 returned Confederate
prisoners arrive at Rocketts. The enlisted men are taken to Chimborazo
Hospital, and the officers are taken either to private quarters or the "Officers’
hospital (formerly the Baptist Institute, on 10th street, west of Marshall
street)"
5/13/1864; describes Richmond during the Battle
of Drewry's Bluff - notes on the admission procedures for the wounded and
gives numbers admitted; notes on the hospitals for various states
5/26/1864; praise of Chimborazo,
Winder, Jackson and Howard’s Grove Hospitals, and states that there is ample
space in those hospitals to accommodate any contingency; criticizes an
unnamed hospital for lack of attention to patients
5/31/1864; Chimborazo Division #5
surgeons complain of the inadequacy of the room for the officer of the day
and request carpenter shop be taken over for the purpose
6/1/1864; tents have been sent to the four
large hospitals and will be used as convalescent wards - Gen. Lee desires
that all those able to do so be returned to their commands
6/3/1864; Chimborazo's capacity is
increased by reducing the space allotted to each patient to 500 cubic feet.
Furloughs are encouraged to keep beds open in the hospital; more tents will
be sent soon
6/27/1864; the washing at Stuart Hospital is to
be done at Chimborazo Hospital, which apparently has its own facilities -
the purpose of this is, as Carrington says, to dispense with "negro wenches"
(laundresses) at the hospital
6/28/1864; Surgeons at Chimborazo, Winder,
Jackson, and Howard's Grove will not turn in any funds in order that they
might be transferred to new hospitals or others less fortunate
7/18/1864; man arrested for trying
to make purchases in the name of Chimborazo hospital. McCaw testifies that
he was not associated with the hospital. Worker at the Spotswood hotel
arrested for selling whiskey at the bar, but released.
7/19/1864; more on the case of
Lindsay, the man who attempted to buy supplies in the name of Chimborazo
Hospital; McCaw denies that he was working for the hospital, but Lindsay
produces papers that gains him his release
7/28/1864; capacities of major hospitals
(Stuart, Louisiana, Howard's Grove, Jackson, Winder, Chimborazo) in Richmond
are decreased by returning space allotment to 800 cubic feet per patient
9/20/1864; questions from Wm.
Carrington about Phoebe Pember (2nd Division Matron) and the alcohol under
her charge; asks if she has been disrespectful towards any other surgeons
2/25/1865; Habersham directs that
the hospital wagon shall not be used for any purposes other than official;
the hospital wagon shall only visit the matron's house once a day
4/13/1865; excellent letter from Richmond
describing the Federal occupation of Richmond, mentions Tredegar, former
slaves, Rocketts, former rebel hospitals (Chimborazo, Jackson, Stuart) - All
patients now at Jackson, Stuart Hospital is now a US Post Hospital.
Dahlgren's body found and is being returned to Washington. Castle Thunder
and Libby Prison are now holding Confederates. Also notes veneration of
Robert E. Lee in Richmond
4/21/1865; Adam Badeau; report from
the Union Relief Commission on the distribution of rations for the poor;
Chimborazo & Winder are opened for use by destitutes.
Mrs. Pember was Chief Matron of
Division #1, Chimborazo Hospital, though she seems to imply that she was the
Chief Matron of the entire Hospital. Her account gives a good account of
day-to-day operations of the hospital. Available in paperback.
Nashville Journal of Medicine,
1866, pp. 416-428
S.E. Habersham; "Observations upon
the Statistics of Chimborazo Hospital."
Southern Historical
Society Papers, Vol. 2 (1876), pp. 125-128.
7/12/1900; good account of the fall
of Richmond in 1865, by a boy who lived on Church Hill; notes that advancing
Union troops were fired upon from convalescent patients from Chimborazo
Unknown Newspaper clipping
[James B. McCaw]; "Of
Chimborazo Park" Clipping from a late 19th century newspaper in which
Dr. McCaw asserts that he gave the hospital and the hill the name of
"Chimborazo" and gives various minutiae of the operations of the hospital.
Virginia Medical
Semi-Monthly, July 8, 1904, pp. 148-154.
Civil War Times
Illustrated, vol. 19, No. 9 (Jan. 1981), pp. 36-41.
Cullen, Joseph P.;
"Chimborazo Hospital, That Charnel House of Living Sufferers."
In the National Archives:
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 707-709). 3 in.
Letters Received and Sent, Chimborazo Hospital. 1861-64. 3 vols.
Letters received, chiefly from the Surgeon General, the Medical
Director, and the Medical Purveyor in Richmond; and a few copies of
letters sent. Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 553). 1 in.
Orders and Circulars Received, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1862-64. 1
vol. Printed orders and circulars issued by the Adjutant and
Inspector General's Department, the Surgeon General's Office, the
Medical Director's Office, and the Subsistence Department in Richmond.
Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 54). 1 in.
Register of Patients, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1865. 1 vol.
Shows patient's name, rank and organization; date of admittance; and
number of hospital in which confined. Entries are arranged by date of
admittance.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 52, 76, 93, 234). 5 in.
Index to Registers of Patients, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1861-65.4 vols. These volumes show patient's name, rank, and
organization; date of admittance; and number of hospital in which
confined. Entries are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of
patient's name and thereunder by date of admittance. The registers to
which the index volumes refer have not been identified.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 33). 1 in.
Record of Employees and Patients, Chimborazo Hospital. 1861-64. 1 vol.
This volume contains lists of hospital stewards, detailed men, guards,
nurses, and matrons; and a register of patients. Its contents are
arranged in the order described.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 98). 1 in.
List of Detailed Men, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1861-64. 1 vol.
This volume shows name of employee, rank and organization, date of
detail, position to which detailed, by whom detailed, date of discharge,
and remarks. A few lists of slaves and matrons employed are also in the
volume. The contents of the volume are arranged by hospital number.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 305, 318, 322 1/4, 589, 705, 706). 6 in.
Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants, Chimborazo Hospital.
1863-65. 6 vols. Daily reports showing the number of patients in
hospital, in private quarters, received, returned to duty, transferred,
furloughed, discharged, deserted, died, and remaining in hospital; "the
number of medical officers and attendants present for duty;" and
remarks. The reports in volumes 305, 318, and 322 1/4 are arranged
chronologically and thereunder by hospital number; those in volume 589
are arranged chronologically and thereunder by regiment to which patient
belonged; and those in volume 705 and 706 are arranged chronologically
and thereunder by State of patient's organization.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 313, 314, 314 ½). 3 in.
Receipts for Payment, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1862-63. 3 vols.
Show date, from whom received, amount received, purpose for which
received, and name of payee. They relate mainly to payment for services
rendered. Arranged chronologically within each volume; the volume dates
overlap.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 90). 1 in.
Register of the Guard, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1864. 1 vol.
Show's guard's name, rank, and organization. Entries are arranged
alphabetically by initial letter of guard's name.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 639). 1 in.
Record of the Guard, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1865. 1 vol.
This volume contains morning reports of the guard; lists of detailed men
on guard duty; lists of convalescents on guard duty; and lists of
detailed men and conscripts on guard duty to be examined by medical
examining board. The contents of the volume are arranged by type of
record. The hospital guard was also known as "Chimborazo Convalescent
Camp, Division No. 6."
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 618). 1 in.
Record of Clothing Issued to Patients, Chimborazo Hospital. 1864-65. 1
vol. Shows date; patient's name, rank, and organization; articles
o f clothing issued and quantity of each article; and date patient was
last paid. Entries are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of
patient's name and thereunder by date of issuance.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 322 3/4). 2 in.
Account of Clothing Issued to Patients, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5.
1864-65. 1 vol. Shows hospital number; date of issue; patient's
name, rank, and organization; articles of clothing issued; and number of
each article issued. Entries are arranged alphabetically by initial
letter of patient's name and thereunder by date of issuance.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 320). 1 in.
Record of Commissary Stores Received, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5.
1864-65. 1 vol. Shows hospital number, date, articles received,
and to whom delivered. Entries are arranged by hospital number and
thereunder by date.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 304). 1 in.
Record of Hospital Property Condemned, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5.
1863-65. 1 vol. Shows items condemned by boards of survey and
quantity of each item; date; and names of members of the boards. Entries
are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 245 1/4). 1 in.
Accounts Current and Passports Issued, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5.
1864. 1 vol. The accounts current show amounts received and paid
out, source of receipts, and purpose of expenditure; the passport record
shows the names of employees to whom passports were issued and time for
which issued. The accounts are followed by the record of passports.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 638). 1 in.
Bakery Accounts, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1864-65. 1 vol.
This volume contains accounts of the hospital bakery with the various
divisions of the hospital, showing division, date, and number of pounds
of bread and flour issued and due the division. Entries are arranged by
hospital division; some entries show dates and figures only.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 315). ½ in.
Account Book, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1861-63. 1 vol.
Shows
date, check number, name of person paid, and amount paid. Entries are
arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 299). ½ in.
Check Stubs, Chimborazo Hospital. 1863. 1 vol. Show date of
check, number, to whom drawn, purpose for which drawn, and amount.
Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 322). ½ in.
Prescription Book, Chimborazo Hospitals No. 1-5. 1863-65. 1 vol.
Shows date, patient's number (no name), and medicine given. Entries are
arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 26). ½ in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital. 1862-65. 1 vol. Contains a
record of monthly requisitions for hospital supplies, a register of
guards on duty, and a register of the guard at Chimborazo Hospital
Garden. The contents of the volume are arranged by type of record.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 7). 1/4 in.
Orders and Circulars Received, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1863-64. 1
vol.
Orders and circulars from the Surgeon General, the
Medical Director, and the Adjutant and Inspector General, in Richmond.
Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 20, 65, 71, 78) and 3 index vols. (ch. VI, vols. 27, 29, 77).
5 in.
Registers of Patients, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1861-65. 4 vols.
Show patient's number, name, rank, and organization; date of admittance;
disease; disposition of case; and remarks. Entries are arranged
numerically by patient's number. The indexes, which are incomplete, show
patient's name and number; they are arranged alphabetically by initial
letter of patient's name. Volume 29 is a partial index to volume 78; and
volumes 27 and 77, which are duplicates, are partial indexes to volume
20.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 449, 453). 2 in.
Reports of Surgical Cases, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1864. 2 vols.
Show patient's name, rank, organization, and age; date admitted;
description of wound, and operation and treatment; and history and
progress of case. Arranged by date of patient's admittance. Volume 453
contains reports of five cases only; volume 449 contains reports on
three cases only, and these are duplicated in volume 448 (described 9
entries below).
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 82). 1 in.
Register of Deaths and Effects, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1863-64. 1
vol.
Shows patient's name, rank, organization, and disease;
date of death; and articles left. Entries are arranged by date of death.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 83). 1 in.
Death Register, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1861-63. 1 vol.
Shows patient's name, rank, organization, disease, and cause and date of
death. Entries are arranged roughly by date of death.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 99). 1 in.
List of Paroled Prisoners Furloughed from Chimborazo Hospital No. 1.
1865. 1 vol. Shows prisoner's name, rank, and organization,
with remarks. The prisoners were furloughed under Special Orders No. 46,
Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, 1865. The list is arranged
numerically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 30, 301, 303, 306) 4 in.
Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1.
1862-65. 4 vols. Daily reports showing number of patients in
hospital, in private quarters, received, returned to duty, transferred,
furloughed, deserted, discharged, died, and remaining in hospital; the
number of medical officers and attendants present for duty; and remarks.
Arranged chronologically and thereunder by State of patient's
organization.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 79). ½ in.
Lists of Employees, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1862-63. 1 vol.
This volume contains lists of slaves hired as servants and laundresses,
showing date, name of slave and of owner, and remarks. The lists are
arranged by date.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 307). 1 in.
Lists of Employees and Accounts for Food Purchase, Chimborazo Hospital
No. 1. 1862-65. 1 vol.
This volume contains a list of slaves
hired, showing owner's name, slave's name, how employed, dates employed
and discharged, amount paid each month, and remarks; a list of detailed
men, showing name, rank, organization, date of detail, by whom detailed,
date reported for duty, date discharged or transferred, and capacity in
which employed; and a list of articles of food purchased with date,
quantity, and cost. The lists are arranged in the order described and
thereunder chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 316). ½ in.
Memorandum Book of William E. Toombs, Steward at Chimborazo Hospital No.
1. 1862-63. 1 vol. Contains a list of slaves hired, accounts
for food purchased, and some other unintelligible penciled notations.
The contents of the book are unarranged.
Record Group 109,
(ch VI, vols. 323, 619). 2 in.
Prescription Books, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1862; 1864. 2 vols.
Show patient's name, medicines to be given each day, and date. Entries
are arranged by ward and thereunder by date. Volume 323 (1862) shows
patient's surname only; volume 619 (1864) shows, in addition to the
information above, the patient's organization.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 448). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1863-64. 1 vol.
Contains
statistical reports of diseases and lists of patients who died,
statistical reports of patients, lists of detailed attendants on duty,
lists of medical officers on duty, reports of surgical cases, statements
of patients vaccinated, tabular statements of operations, and reports on
patients who died. The contents of the volume are arranged
chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 310). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1. 1863-64. 1 vol.Contains
notations as to medicine given patients, a list of Negroes hired, an
incomplete list of patients, and a record of wood received and
purchased. The contents of the volume are arranged in the order
described.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 408). ½ in.
Letters, Orders, and Circulars Issued and Received, Chimborazo Hospital
No. 2. 1861-65. 1 vol. Copies of letters, orders, and circulars
issued by the Surgeons-in-Charge of Hospital No. 2 and of other
Chimborazo Hospitals and by the Surgeon General's Office, the Medical
Director's Office, and the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, in
Richmond. Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 9, 18). 1 in.
Orders and Circulars Received, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1862-65. 2
vols. Orders and circulars issued by the Surgeon General, the
Medical Director, and the Adjutant and Inspector General in Richmond and
by officials of Chimborazo Hospital. Some of the items are arranged by
date and some are unarranged.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 324). 1 in.
Reports of the Officers of the Day, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1864-65.
1 vol. Reports of conditions in the hospital in general and in
various wards by the officers of the day. Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 17, 24, 55, 75, 87) and 1 index vol. (ch. VI, vol. 75). 6 in.
Register of Patients, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1861-65. 5 vols.
Show patient's name, number (in vol. 75 only), rank, organization,
disease, date admitted, disposition of case, and remarks. Entries in
volumes 17 and 55 are arranged by date of admittance; those in volumes
24 and 87, alphabetically by initial letter of patient's name; and those
in volume 75, numerically. Volume 75 has a separate index volume,
incomplete, with entries arranged alphabetically by initial letter of
patient's name.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 94). 1 in.
Register of Applications for Furlough, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2.
1863-65. 1 vol. Shows patient's name, rank, and organization;
cause for furlough; place of residence; date; transportation required;
number of days' furlough requested; and whether granted or rejected.
Entries are arranged by date. There is also a record of rations
furnished men on furlough.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 437 ½, 454). 1 in.
Reports of Surgical Cases, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1862-65. 2 vols.
Show patient's name, rank, and organization; date admitted; nature of
wound; description of operation performed; and history of case or final
result. The reports are arranged by date of admittance; an index is in
each volume.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 312). 2 in.
Register of Deaths and Effects, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1863-65.1 vol. Shows patient's name, rank, and organization; date
and cause of death; and a list of effects left, showing their value.
Entries are arranged by date.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 86). 1 in.
Morning Reports of Patients, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1864-65. 1 vol.
Daily reports of patients, showing name, rank, and organization; date
admitted; and disposition of case. Arranged chronologically and
thereunder by initial letter of patient's name.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 85). 1 in.
Lists of Employees, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1862-65. 1 vol.
This volume contains lists of stewards and detailed men, of matrons, and
of Negroes employed. The lists are arranged by type as indicated.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 410). 1 in.
Clothing Accounts, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1864-65. 1 vol.
Show date; patient's name, rank, and organization; and articles of
clothing drawn. Entries are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of
patient's name.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 456). 1 in.
Medical Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1864. 1 vol.
Contains reports of surgical cases, a record of prescriptions given, and
a list and tabular statement of soldiers vaccinated. The contents of the
volume are arranged by type of material.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 80). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2. 1864-65. 1 vol.
Contains
statistical reports concerning diseases and vaccinations; reports of
discharges, deaths, and disposition and value of clothing of deceased
soldiers; and lists of medical officers and detailed men on duty. The
contents of the volume are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 19, 21, 53, 60, 62, 64, 69, 95, 101, 103, 105, 132, 226, 661)
and 2 index vols. (ch. VI, vols. 88, 89). 2 ft.
Registers of Patients, Chimborazo Hospital No. 3. 1861-65. 14 vols.
The registers show generally patient's number, name, rank, and
organization; date of admittance; disease; disposition of case; and
remarks. In a few instances the name of the disease and the disposition
of the case are omitted. Entries in volumes 19, 53, and 132 are arranged
chronologically by date of admittance; those in volumes 21, 60, 64, 69,
103, 105, and 661, numerically; those in volumes 62 and 95,
alphabetically by initial letter of patient's name; and those in volumes
101 and 226, by hospital ward and thereunder by date of admittance.
Volume 88 is an incomplete index to volume 53 and volume 89 is an index
to volume 69. Entries in each index volume are arranged alphabetically
by initial letter of patient's name. Volume 64 includes a name index.
The dates of these registers overlap considerably and there is frequent
duplication of information.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 438). 1 in.
Register of Applications for Furlough, Chimborazo Hospital No. 3.
1862-64. 1 vol. Shows date; name of applicant; sometimes his
rank, organized, and diagnosis; destination; length of furlough applied
for; and remarks (usually “granted” or “no”). Entries are arranged by
date.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 31). ½ in.
Register of Deaths, Chimborazo Hospital No. 3. 1861-65. 1 vol.
Shows date admitted, “name, rank, and organization; ward number”;
disease; and date of death. Entries are arranged by month. Some pages
are missing.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 311, 359). 2 in.
Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants, Chimborazo Hospital No. 3.
1862-65. 2 vols. Show the number of patients in hospital, in private
quarters, received, returned to duty, transferred, furloughed, discharged,
deserted, died, and remaining in hospital; the number of medical officers
and attendants present for duty; and remarks. The reports are arranged
chronologically; entries within the reports are arranged by State of
patient’s organization.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 615). 1 in.
Memorandum Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 4.
1863-65. 1 vol.
Contains some notations as to patients and their
illnesses, with such notations as "See Wardmaster Concerning Fuel," and
"Limit Eggs for Breakfast." Many entries are crossed out. The notations
are apparently unarranged.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 590). 1 in.
Prescription Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 4.
1864-65. 1 vol.
Shows date, patient's name, and medicines to be
given each day. Entries are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 317). 2 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 4.
1863-65. 1 vol.
Contains copies of letters sent; reports of
desertions, discharges, transfers, and deaths and effects; lists of
employees; tabular statements of wounds; statistical reports relating to
patients and diseases; and inventories of hospital supplies. The contents of
the volume are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 8). 1 in.
Orders, Letters, and Circulars Received,
Chimborazo Hospital No. 5. 1863-64. 1 vol.
Communications received
from the Adjutant and Inspector General, and the Medical Director, at
Richmond, and from officials at Chimborazo Hospital. Arranged
chronologically.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vols. 23, 25, 34,
57, 70, 97, 228) and 1 index vol. (ch. VI, vol. 232). 9 in.
Register of Patients, Chimborazo Hospital
No. 5. 1861-65. 7 vols.
Show patient's number, name, rank, and
organization; date of admittance; disease; disposition of case; and remarks.
Entries in volumes 23, 57, and 70 are arranged numerically; those in volumes
25 and 34 by date of admittance; and those in volumes 97 and 228
alphabetically by initial letter of patient's name. The index in volume 232
is arranged alphabetically by initial letter of patient's name and indexes
the entries in volume 23 and part of those in volume 70.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 104). 1 in.
Record of Payments to Patients, Chimborazo
Hospital No. 5. 1863-65. 1 vol.
Shows patient's number, name, rank,
and organization; by whom paid; and to what time paid. Entries are arranged
alphabetically by initial letter of patient's name.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vols. 442, 443,
445). 2 in.
Case Books of Wounded, Chimborazo Hospital
No. 5. 1862-64. 3 vols. Show patient's name, rank, organization, age,
and civilian occupation; date of wound and of admittance; description of
wound; and progress of case. Entries are arranged by date admitted; name
indexes are in the front of the volumes.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 58). 1 in.
Morning Reports of Patients, Chimborazo
Hospital No. 5. 1864-65. 1 vol. Daily reports showing patient's name,
rank, and organization; remarks (action taken on case); ward; and date
admitted. Arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 319). 1 in.
Record of Vaccinations, Chimborazo Hospital
No. 5. 1863-65. 1 vol.
Shows patient's name, rank, organization, age,
and state of health; length of time since previous vaccination; whether
scarred; date of present vaccination; whether the vaccination took; and
remarks. Entries are arranged roughly by date of new vaccination.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 325). ½ in.
Prescription Book for Colored Troops
(Union), Chimborazo Hospital No. 5. Apr. 1865. 1 vol.Shows patient's
name, organization, and complaint and medicine or treatment to be given.
Entries are unarranged.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 91). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5.
1863-64. 1 vol.
Contains a record of surgical cases, showing
patient's name, rank, organization, and nature of wound; statistical reports
concerning sick and wounded; a record of deaths and effects; lists of
patients to whom rations of tobacco had been issued; and invoices of
medicines and hospital stores. The contents of the volume are arranged by
type of material as described.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 440). ½ in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5.
1863-64. 1 vol.
Contains statistical reports of diseases; statistical
reports of patients discharged on surgeon's certificate; case histories of
wounded men; lists of medicines and equipment received; tabular statements
of gunshot wounds and vaccinations; and lists of medical officers,
attendants, and detailed men. The contents of the volume are arranged by
type of record and thereunder chronologically.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 61). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5.
1861-63. 1 vol.
Contains a list of men sent to Camp Lee for temporary
duty, 1863; a list of cases disposed of, 1862; a list of men in private
quarters, 1862-63; and a list of men who died in the hospital, 1862-63. The
contents of the volume are arranged by type of record as described.
Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 220). 1 in.
Record Book, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5. 1865. 1
vol.
Contains some returns of hospital property, lists of
employees, and lists of patients. The contents of the volume are
arranged by type of record. Much of the volume is illegible.
