General Hospital #26
Information about General Hospital #26 in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

General Hospital #26 was also called Springfield Hall Hospital, Masonic hall Hospital, and Temperance Hall. It was formerly the meeting hall owned by Springfield Division #167, Sons of Temperance and was also used by Henrico Union Lodge #130, A. F. and A. M. Roane Lodge #130, I. O. O. F. It was a two-storied, brick building built in 1850.

The hospital opened in early June 1861 and was operated by the Soldiers’ Aid Society in association with Trinity Methodist and Leigh Street Baptist churches. It had a capacity of about 40 with 7 employees. Dr. John Know was the surgeon-in-charge. 

General Hospital #26 was located on the northwest corner of 26th and M Streets.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)

Written Accounts

1860-10-30, Richmond Dispatch; Political parties are meeting at various places, including Metropolitan Hall, First African Church, and Springfield Hall
1860-10-30, Richmond Dispatch; Political parties are meeting at various places, including Metropolitan Hall, First African Church, and Springfield Hall
1861-04-24, Richmond Dispatch; ladies of Church and Union Hills will meet today at Springfield Hall (future GH#26) to make bandages
1861-05-04, Richmond Dispatch; Richmond Home Guard meets nightly near Springfield Hall (later GH#26) to drill
1861-05-10, Richmond Dispatch; volunteer company is being raised at Springfield Hall (later General Hospital #26)
1861-06-12, Richmond Dispatch; ladies of Church and Union Hills are nursing sick soldiers at Co. G Hall (later GH#27) and Springfield Hall (later GH#26)
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.
1861-07-02, Richmond Dispatch; Ellis' Battalion is meeting at Temperance Hall (future GH#26) on Church Hill
1861-07-20, Richmond Dispatch; brief description of the "Temperance Hall Hospital"; probably Springfield Hall

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