Civil War Washington

Category: military > hospital > general

Beginning date (not before): 1862-03-28

Beginning date (not after): 1862-03-28

Ending date (not before): 1865-07-06

Ending date (not after): 1865-07-06

Additional Information: At the beginning of the Civil War, Washington Infirmary was taken over by the military, and it received the first war casualties in May 1861. The facility burned to the ground in November 1861 and was later replaced by the Judiciary Square Hospital. The hospital was designated as the Eye and Ear Hospital from November 5, 1862 to March 9, 1863, when Desmarres Eye and Ear General Hospital opened. Judiciary Square was then designated as a Stump Hospital in April 1864.