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

Samaritan Hospital was a private hospital located on Cary Street between Third and Fourth Streets. It was probably established in July 1861.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.

Written Accounts

1861-03-19, Richmond Dispatch; “Disorderly boys” at Stewart’s school House, Clay street, between 5th and 6th (future Samaritan Hospital). Boys are “in the habit of throwing stones at people, breaking windows, and being “sassy” generally”
1861-08-01, Richmond Whig; details on private hospitals in school-houses on Clay street
1861-08-03, Richmond Whig; description of hospital facilities in Richmond (St. Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall)
1861-08-08 Richmond Dispatch; Mrs. Judge Hopkins' hospital, 5th bw Clay & Leigh, remarkably neat, etc
1861-09-19, Richmond Enquirer; addenda to the hospital list of the 17th - adds Samaritan and Gamble's Hill Hospital, both under the auspices of the YMCA
1861-10-02, Richmond Dispatch; very detailed account of the ladies' & state hospitals in Richmond - gives statistics and descriptions
1861-10-28, Richmond Dispatch; New hospital is established on Clay street, between Fifth and Sixth under Mrs. Phillip Mayo
1861-10-28, Richmond Enquirer; a new hospital has opened at Stewart's School House, on Clay Street between 5th and 6th
1862-06-06, Richmond Enquirer; hospital directory
1862-06-07, Richmond Dispatch; List of donors & provisions for area hospitals

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