Diseases
Information about Diseases in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1863-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; sick & disabled on furlough may stay at Wayside hospital (GH#12)
1863-08-26, Judith McGuire Notes; many anecdotes relating to Judith McGuire's service at Robertson Hospital - Sally Tompkins mentioned repeatedly; her husband gets a job at the "Officers' Hospital" (GH#1) as post chaplain;
1863-08, William Trahern Memoir; 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."
1863-09-05, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 262-263; Report on the sanitary conditions of Libby Prison and hospital
1863-09-13, Library of Congress; letter from Phoebe Pember to her sister describing social life in Richmond, etc. Mentions being offered a furlough but refusing it
1863-09-18, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 301-303; treatment of Libby POWs discussed
1863-09-21, Richmond Sentinel; list of hospitals in Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
1863-10-05, Richmond Examiner; Maryland officer dies in the Libby Prison hospital
1863-11-09, Virginia Historical Society; letter from the acting surgeon in charge of GH#13 suggesting means of alleviating the crowded conditions. Recommends those wishing to take the oath of allegiance be released, those who are disabled be sent away.
1863-11-18, Official Records, Ser. II, Vol. VI, pp. 544-548; report of number of prisoners in Richmond as well as provisions issued to prisoners

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