Medical
Information about medicine and medical care in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

 Written Accounts

1861-07-01, Richmond Dispatch; Good description of Mason's Hall Hospital (GH#26)
1861-07-02, Richmond Dispatch; description of "Mason's Hall," (GH#26) notes that it was opened 4 weeks ago for Tennesseans. Notes that more Tennesseans are at Company G Hall and Temperance Hall.
1861-07-10, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Hoge, chaplain at Camp Lee, has set up collection place for donations next to the R. F. & P. depot
1861-07-15, Richmond Dispatch; brief description of "the hospital on 26th street;" probably Ross' factory
1861-07-19, National Archives; Letters Received by the CSA Secretary of War - Surg. Peticolas says 3300-4000 men at Camp Lee and asks for additional surgical assistance
1861-07-23, Richmond Dispatch; Captain of the Washington Artillery is wounded and in Richmond in a private home; many members of the Montgomery guard are in the Medical College hospital
1861-07-23, Richmond Dispatch; 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
1861-07-24, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. George R. C. Todd, the brother-in-law of Abraham Lincoln, was acquitted of disloyalty
1861-07-24, Richmond Whig; citizen's committee designates St. Charles hotel for use as a hospital
1861-07-25, Richmond Dispatch; many sick and wounded are arriving in Richmond and put in private homes for treatment - notes that they suffer "like heroes"; Committee for their reception is constantly at work

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