General Hospital #25
Information about General Hospital #25 in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

General Hospital #25 was also called Randolph’s Hospital.

The hospital was open as early as March 1862 and as late as July 1863. It had a capacity of about 225 and 25 employees in March 1863. It housed Union Prisoners at times.

General Hospital #25 was located in the center of the block south of Main Street between Pear and Peach Streets.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)

Written Accounts

1862-07-21, Richmond Dispatch; E. G. Higginbotham, at “Randolph Hospital” adv for Druggist, Matron, Steward, Nurses, Laundresses and Cooks.
1862-07-24, Richmond Dispatch; Col. Henry Forno at Hardgrove’s Factory, “foot of Main St.,” collecting all men of McLaw’s Division in town
1862-07-24, Richmond Dispatch; employees are needed at Randolph Hospital (GH#25)
1862-08-01, National Archives; order from F. Sorrel, re-designating existing hospitals into Gen. Hosps. with numbers.
1862-09-30, Richmond Enquirer; tabular report of sick & wounded soldiers in the Hospitals in Richmond
1862-10-04, Richmond Dispatch; GH#25 adv for 3 washerwomen
1862-10-06, Library of Congress; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals and empty beds
1862-10-16, Library of Congress; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
1862-11-01, Library of Congress; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
1862-11-20, William A. Carrington Papers; Inspection Report of all numbered battery defenses of Richmond, containing both military and medical details.

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