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Lincoln General Hospital
Last Modified:
2011-10-10
Category:
military
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hospital
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general
Beginning date (not before):
1862-12-23
Beginning date (not after):
1862-12-23
Ending date (not before):
1865-07-30
Ending date (not after):
1865-07-30
Additional Information:
Lincoln General Hospital opened when Cliffburne merged with it. Upon closing, Lincoln sent its patients to Stanton General Hospital.
Sources:
"Washington and Georgetown, D.C.,"
Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912
, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.
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Bangston, Charles
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Relationship Additional Information:
A Charles Bangson (likely Bangston) was admitted to this hospital on October 19, 1863 with typho-malarial fever and died at the hospital on October 29, 1863.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-11-09
Relationship Beginning Date:
Oct 19, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Oct 29, 1863
Barrett, William T.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Barrett was admitted to Seminary Hospital with typhoid fever. Bronchitis set in about a week before his death.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-07
Relationship Beginning Date:
Dec 24, 1862
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 29, 1863
Bartholow, Roberts
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Relationship Additional Information:
Bartholow took charge of Lincoln Hospital for roughly four months in 1863. It is unclear from the
MSHWR
whether or not he served at this hospital before or after the dates listed below.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-07
Relationship Beginning Date:
Aug 21, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Dec 31, 1863
Baumgartner, Andreas
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Relationship Additional Information:
Baumgartner was injured on 2 May 1863 and initially treated at a field hospital. He was eventually transferred to Lincoln Hospital, where he received treatment for roughly six months before being transferred to Marine Hospital in Chicago.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 15, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Jan 01, 1864
Beam, George W.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Beam appears to have been intermittently ill beginning in August 1863 and until his death. Beam was admitted to Lincoln Hospital with chronic diarrhea.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Relationship Beginning Date:
Sept 12, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Sept 16, 1863
Beatty, Alexander T.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Beatty died of gangrene at Lincoln Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-01-09
Relationship Ending Date:
Feb 10, 1863
Becker, Abram
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Relationship Last Modified:
2012-01-09
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 11, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
July 30, 1864
Bemus, Charles R. B.
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Relationship Additional Information:
According to the
Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion
, Allen recorded the case of a Charles B. Beams of 146th New York Infantry. However,
The American Civil War Research Database
lists a Charles R. B. Bemus as a member of the 146th. Other details in these records suggest that both sources are referring to the same soldier. Bemus was admitted as a case of typhoid fever.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-12
Relationship Beginning Date:
Nov 23, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Nov 26, 1863-Nov 27, 1863
Bidlingmier, Joseph
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Relationship Additional Information:
Bidlingmier was admitted to Lincoln Hospital from the depot hospital at City Point. He was severely injured in the leg at Petersburg in September 1864.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-27
Relationship Beginning Date:
Oct 08, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Dec 09, 1864
Binder, F.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Binder was admitted with gangrene and demonstrated symptoms of typhoid fever. He died while under care at Lincoln Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-09
Relationship Beginning Date:
Dec 30, 1862
Relationship Ending Date:
Feb 02, 1863
Blair, William
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Relationship Additional Information:
Blair was injured by a conoidal ball. The wound initially "presented no serious complication"; however, the wound became inflamed and Blair eventually died of complications due to this wound.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-13
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 12, 1864-May 15, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
June 30, 1864
Boughton, John R.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Boughton died at Lincoln General Hospital as a POW.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-05
Relationship Beginning Date:
Sept 10, 1864
Relationship Ending Date:
Oct 29, 1864
Grant, Inman V.
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Relationship Additional Information:
Grant was injured in the left ankle at Beverly Ford on 9 June 1863. He was admitted to Lincoln Hospital the following day. Although Grant's injured limb caused him sufficient pain and he repeatedly asked that the limb be removed, amputation was delayed until 7 December 1863. Following the operation, Grant remained at Lincoln Hospital until he was furloughed in early 1864, at which time he was transferred to Judiciary Square Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2011-12-07
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 10, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Feb 11, 1864
Link, John
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Relationship Additional Information:
Link was admitted into Lincoln General displaying symptoms associated with typhoid fever. He died within two days of being admitted to this hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-29
Relationship Beginning Date:
June 15, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
June 16, 1863-June 17, 1863
Matson, Lewis J.
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Relationship Additional Information:
According to the medical history reported by Bontecou, Matson passed through Lincoln Hospital before being discharged from service.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-22
Relationship Beginning Date:
Apr 06, 1865
Relationship Ending Date:
Sept 02, 1865
Oxspring, John
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Relationship Additional Information:
Oxspring was admitted into Lincoln General Hospital, "where the wound was properly dressed." He was subsequently transferred to a Philadelphia-area hospital (Culyer Hospital), where he remained until finally being transferred to Turner Lane Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-29
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 06, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
July 1863
Rodman, Hardy
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Relationship Additional Information:
Rodman suffered a head wound at Kelly's Ford and was taken as a prisoner of war. He was treated at Lincoln Hospital before being transferred to Old Capital Prison for exchange.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-13
Relationship Beginning Date:
Nov 07, 1863
Relationship Ending Date:
Dec 07, 1863
Schrap, Peter
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Relationship Additional Information:
After being treated for a time at Harewood Hospital, Schrap was transferred to Lincoln Hospital and placed under the care of Surgeon J. C. McKee.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-01-16
Relationship Beginning Date:
July 20, 1865
Relationship Ending Date:
Aug 12, 1865-Aug 18, 1865
Stauch, E.
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Relationship Last Modified:
2012-03-30