Bosher Hall Hospital
Information about Bosher Hall Hospital in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Bosher Hall Hospital was a private hospital also known as Bosher's Carriage Factory Hospital. It was used only temporarily.

Bosher Hall Hospital was the Carriage factory of R. H. Bosher and was located on the Southwest corner 9th & Main Streets. It was used as the Quartermaster Department offices after mid-1863.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.

Written Accounts

1861-10-16, Richmond Examiner; Masonic fraternity offers hall as hospital
1862-07-04, Richmond Examiner; hospitals opened at Bosher's carriage factory and Lainers' warehouse (under the Spotswood)
1862-07-07, Richmond Dispatch; Bosher’s Hall hospital, corner 9th and Main has opened; appeal for money and provisions, and Walter Coles, Surgeon in charge, thanks donors
1862-07-08, Richmond Dispatch; Bosher's Hospital needs 2 cooks
1862-07-08, Richmond Whig; Bosher’s Hall is “suddenly” taken as a hospital, and receives a $50 donation while being fitted up.
1862-07-09, Richmond Dispatch; Walter Coles in charge of Bosher & Spotswood Hotel hospital. Thanks donors by name. Hoge is among the contributors.
1862-07-12, Richmond Dispatch; Walter Coles, Surg. In Charge Bosher’s Hall Hospital, thanks Goochland donors by name
1862-07-24, Richmond Dispatch; Dove Lodge of Masons adv new meeting place, as Govt has “taken Bosher’s Hall for a hospital.”
Overview of Bosher Hall Hospital
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