General Hospital #27
Information about General Hospital #27 in Richmond, Va., during the Civil War.

General Hospital #27 was also called Gangrene Hospital and Company G Hall Hospital. It was formerly a social, meeting and drill hall operated by Militia Co. G.

The hospital opened in March 1862 and closed on July 16, 1863. It had a capacity of about 50.

General Hospital #27 was located on the east side of 28th Street, between M and N Streets which is approximately the present site of 711-3 North 28th Street.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.

Written Accounts

1860-11-07, Richmond Dispatch; excellent details on Company G Hall, 28th and N sts., which is under construction
1860-11-15, Richmond Dispatch; The Armory for Company G is being erected on Church Hill (future General Hospital #27)
1861-06-01, Richmond Dispatch; Drill room of Co. G has been converted into a hospital, 50 patients there now, mostly from Tennessee
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)
1861-06-29, Richmond Dispatch; men of Church and Union Hills will meet tonight at Company "G" Hall for the purposes of organizing for home defense
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.
1861-07-03, Richmond Dispatch; Henrico Liberty Guard will meet at Company G hall
1861-07-16, Richmond Dispatch; the Bloody Run Guard will meet at Company G hall
1861-07-18, Richmond Dispatch; Henrico Liberty Guard will attend meetings at Company G Hall

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