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Campbell General Hospital
Last Modified:
2011-09-14
Category:
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Beginning date (not before):
1862-09-01
Beginning date (not after):
1862-09-30
Ending date (not before):
1865-07-20
Ending date (not after):
1865-07-20
Additional Information:
Campbell General Hospital opened in September, but received the bulk of its first patients in December 1862. The hospital was reported empty in July 1865.
Sources:
"Washington and Georgetown, D.C.,"
Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912
, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.
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Baxter, Jedediah Hyde
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Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Beun, J. H.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Beun suffered a shot wound to the thigh and admitted to Campbell Hospital, where he was treated for injury and ultimately died.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-01-27
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 06, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
June 14, 1864
Holmes, William
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Relationship Additional Information:
William Holmes of Co. D, 18th Massachusetts was wounded in the leg at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. Two weeks after his injury, he was admitted to Campbell General Hospital in Washington, DC. Six months later Holmes was transported to Mower Hospital in Philadelphia where his leg was amputated on July 22, 1863. Holmes never returned to service and was discharged due to injury in April 1864.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-11-28
Relationship Beginning Date:
Dec 27, 1862
Relationship Ending Date:
June 1863
Risher, William G.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Risher was wounded in the head on 12 July 1864 while defending Washington. He was initially treated in the field and subsequently admitted to Campbell Hospital in a comatose condition.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Relationship Beginning Date:
July 13, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
July 15, 1864
Ruoss, George
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Relationship Additional Information:
Ruoss was admitted to Campbell Hospital several days after begin treated at Depot Hospital. Exact dates and details regarding his stay at this hospital are unknown.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-20
Young, William
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Relationship Additional Information:
Young was admitted to Campbell General Hospital four days after being wounded at Fredericksburg. He was subsequently transferred to Baltimore.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Relationship Beginning Date:
Dec 17, 1862
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 08, 1863