Women
Information about women in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1861-07-27, Richmond Dispatch; brief description of the hospital at Mason Hall Church; also description of the "Springfield Temperance" hospital (future GH#26), in the same neighborhood; notes they are both filling up
1861-07-29, Richmond Dispatch; letter describing poor medical treatment at Camp Lee, and praise of the treatment provided by the Richmond ladies
1861-08-02, Richmond Enquirer; 200 white girls needed to work at the C. S. Laboratory making cartidges
1861-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; 3 Chambermaids and a Porter are needed at the Spotswood Hotel
1861-08-03, Richmond Dispatch; Cook, Servants, and Cleaning Women needed at the St. Charles Hospital.
1861-08-03, Richmond Whig; description of hospital facilities in Richmond (St. Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall)
1861-08-05-26, Mary Chesnut's Civil War; C. Vann Woodward, ed.; Accounts of Mrs. Chesnut's visits to Robertson Hospital
1861-08-05, Richmond Enquirer; ladies of St. James Church have established a hospital at the corner of Main and 3rd (probably Robertson Hospital)
1861-08-06, Richmond Dispatch; Medical College Hospital needs servant & washerwoman
1861-08-06, Richmond Whig; ladies of St. James Episcopal Church have obtained Judge Robertson's house, corner of 3rd and Main, for use as a hospital (later Robertson Hospital)

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