General Hospital #3
Information about General Hospital #3 in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

General Hospital was also called Byrd Island Hospital, Gilliam's Factory Hospital, and Gilham's Hospital. 

General Hospital #3 was taken over by the Confederacy as a hospital on August 15, 1861. It had a capacity of about 225 patients. Dr. Alexander Yelverton P. Garnett was the surgeon-in-charge.

The hospital was located near the south end of 9th Street, near the James River in the tobacco factory of George W. William and Brother Company.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.

Written Accounts

1861-08-15, Richmond Dispatch; hospital at Gilliam's Factory (General Hospital #3) needs supplies
1861-08-16, Richmond Enquirer; sick soldiers being brought to Gilliam's Factory (Gen. Hos. #3)
1861-08-29, Richmond Dispatch; Surgeon at Gilliam's factory (GH#3) advertises for servants and wardmaster
1861-09-17, Richmond Enquirer; "Hospitals in Richmond" list
1861-09-25, Richmond Enquirer; list of hospitals in Richmond with current capacities. Notes that POWs are at the General Hospital
1861-09-26, Richmond Examiner; Gilliam's Factory becomes hospital (GH#3)
1861-11-26, Richmond Dispatch; Adv. for nurses at Byrd Island Hosp. – one white male & 3 or 4 servants
1861-12-04, Richmond Dispatch; Adv. for employees at Byrd Island Hospital
1861-12-24, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Dandridge, at the Byrd Island Hospital, is looking for two substitutes
1862-01-24, Richmond Dispatch; 2 female matrons wanted for Byrd Island Hospital (GH#3)

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