Bellevue Hospital
Information about Bellevue Hospital in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Bellevue was a private hospital. It was located on the Northwest corner of 22nd and Broad Streets.

Bellevue Hospital had 51 patients in September 1861. Dr. James Bolton was the doctor in charge.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.

Written Accounts

1860-11-03, Richmond Dispatch; adv for Medical College Hospital, gives prices and names surgeons, McCaw, Gibson and Peticolas among them
1860-11-06, Richmond Dispatch; adv for Bellevue Hospital, gives prices and names surgeons and matron. Brief description of the interior
1861-03-23, Richmond Enquirer; ad for the summer schedule of classes at the Medical College - McCaw and Gibson are listed as professors; students will have access to patients at Bellevue Hospital and Alms House free of charge
1861-04-16, Richmond Dispatch; Ad (including rates) for Bellevue Hospital
1861-06-10, Richmond Dispatch; Dr. Bolton of Bellevue Hospital thanks the ladies of Church Hill for their help with the sick soldiers
1861-07-27, Richmond Whig; list of wounded from First Manassas at the various private locations around the city. Many in St. Charles Hotel and Springfield Hall
1861-07-30, Richmond Enquirer; List of wounded soldiers and where sent; mostly private houses - no organized hospitals yet.
1861-07-31, Richmond Dispatch; two deaths (at Mason's Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery
1861-08-12, Richmond Dispatch; three deaths at Bellevue Hospital and burials in Hollywood Cemetery
1861-09-17, Richmond Enquirer; "Hospitals in Richmond" list

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