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Cranch General Hospital
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2011-09-12 06:02 PM
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Beginning date (not before):
1862-07-01
Beginning date (not after):
1862-07-31
Ending date (not before):
1862-12-01
Ending date (not after):
1862-12-31
Additional Information:
Cranch General Hospital merged into Ascension General Hospital in December 1862. This hospital was composed of Unitarian Church and Baptist Church buildings.
Sources
"Washington and Georgetown, D.C.,"
Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912
, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.
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Ascension General Hospital
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Relationship updated: 2011-12-01 10:46 PM
Dates: Jun 20, 1862 - Mar 23, 1863
Place information: Ascension General Hospital was composed of five church buildings, the Ascension Chapel (H St., between 9th and 10th), the Presbyterian church (9th St. between G and H), the (south) Methodist Episcopal church, (8th between H and I) and the Cranch General Hospital, which was itself located in two churches, the Unitarian chapel and the Baptist church. Each of these buildings had slightly different opening and closing dates of use.
Relationship information: Cranch General Hospital merged with Ascension General Hospital on Dec. 12, 1862. Cranch GH kept its own records, however.
Baptist Church (E. St.)
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Relationship updated: 2011-12-05 08:18 PM
Dates: Jul 01, 1862 - Dec 01, 1862
Place information: The dates given are those for which the Baptist Church building served as a branch of Cranch General Hospital. Upon closing, its patients were sent to Mt. Pleasant General Hospital.