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Fort Washington Post Hospital
Last Modified:
2011-12-13
Category:
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Beginning date (not before):
1862-03-01
Beginning date (not after):
1862-03-31
Additional Information:
This post hospital was organized as part of the Fort Hospitals of the Defenses of Washington, North of the Potomac, by Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth. The fort, and the post hospital, were located in Maryland
Sources:
"Washington and Georgetown, D.C.,"
Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912
, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.
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Cotter, William
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Relationship Additional Information:
Cotter was admitted to Washington Post Hospital, where further portions of his leg were amputated. A second specimen was collected at this time and submitted to the Army Medical Museum.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-20
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 01, 1866
Relationship Ending Date:
Oct 15, 1866
Ruoss, George
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Relationship Additional Information:
Ruoss was admitted into the Post Hospital at Washington following the closing of Harewood Hospital. He died of disease associated with his injury while at the Post Hospital.
Relationship Last Modified:
2012-02-20
Relationship Beginning Date:
May 01, 1866
Relationship Ending Date:
June 27, 1868
