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2011-12-02 04:39 PM

Bibliographic Citation:

"Alexandria," Indexes to Field Records of Hospitals, 1821-1912, Manuscript Record Group 94, National Archives.

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Bentley, Edwin

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1st Division General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:24 PM
  • Dates: Sep 20, 1862 - Feb 25, 1865
  • Place information: On Sept. 20, 1862, all of the general hospitals in Alexandria were organized into three divisions. These "divisions" were not connected to any army divisions, so the terminology is confusing. The 1st Division General Hospital had six branches: Mansion House, Fairfax St., Wolfe St., Soldiers' Rest, King St, and St. Pauls. See each of these separate branches for the dates of their relationships with the 1st Division. When this general hospital closed, its patients were transferred to the 2nd and 3rd Division General Hospitals, and to the Fairfax Seminary General Hospital.

2nd Division Hospital, Camp Stoneman

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  • Dates: Nov 01, 1863 - Dec 01, 1864
  • Place information: The 2nd Division Hospital was housed in tents at Camp Stoneman. It seems to have served as both a post hospital (regimental level) and as a general hospital as required. Note that the 3rd Division hospital was located at Camp Stoneman at the same time. It was also in tents. This same location served for the 1st Division's post hospital in 1865.

2nd Division General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 08:17 PM
  • Dates: Sep 20, 1862 - May 01, 1865
  • Place information: Upon the reorganization of the hospitals of Alexandria on Sept. 20, 1862, the 2nd Division General Hospital consisted of these general hospitals: Grace Church, Prince St., Baptist Church, St. Paul's, Washington Hall, Methodist Church, Sickel Barracks, and very briefly, Lyceum Hall.

2nd Presbyterian Church General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 07:57 PM
  • Dates: Nov 01, 1862 - Sep 01, 1863
  • Place information: This hospital served the troops who formed the Provost Guard of the City. Its records were forwarded to the Adjutant General's Office in 1884.

3rd Division Hospital, Camp Stoneman

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  • Dates: Nov 01, 1863 - Dec 01, 1864
  • Place information: This hospital at the Cavalry Depot of Camp Stoneman was located in tents. It appears to have served as both a post hospital (regimental level) and as a general hospital as required. Note that the 2nd Division Hospital was also located at Camp Stoneman during this period.

3rd Division General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 08:20 PM
  • Dates: Sep 20, 1862 - May 01, 1865
  • Place information: Upon the reorganization of the hospitals of Alexandria on Sept. 20, 1862, the 3rd Division General Hospital consisted of these general hospitals: Old Hallowell, New Hallowell, Queen St., King St., Grosvenor House, McVeigh, Slough Barracks, Bentley Barracks.

Abbott Hospital

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  • Dates: Sep 01, 1863 - Aug 01, 1865
  • Place information: Patient records and reports indicate that this was a contraband hospital located at the Freedmans' Village on Greene Heights.

Allen's Chapel

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  • Dates: Oct 01, 1863 - Oct 14, 1863
  • Place information: This chapel was occupied by the Fifth Battalion, New York Artillery and used by them as a hospital.

Analostan

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  • Dates: Aug 01, 1864 - Apr 01, 1865
  • Place information: This hospital was used for Contrabands.

Arsenal Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-26 07:25 PM
  • Dates: Jul 22, 1855 - Sep 30, 1879
  • Place information: During the war, the Arsenal Post Hospital served the Engineer Battalion.

Augur General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:25 PM
  • Dates: Feb 07, 1864 - Aug 01, 1865
  • Place information: This hospital was known as Post Hospital Convalescence Camp from August 22, 1862 to January 14, 1864 and then as Post Hospital Rendezvous of Distribution from January 14 to February 7, 1864. In February of 1864, the hospital was renamed Augur General Hospital and remained so named until it closed in August 1865.

Baptist Church (Washington St.)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 07:48 PM
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Baptist Church (Washington St.) General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 07:57 PM
  • Dates: Sep 05, 1862 - Dec 08, 1864
  • Place information: This Baptist Church was a brand of the General Hospital (Alexandria) until Sept. 20, 1862. Thereafter it was a branch of the 2nd Division Hospital. The church was on Washington St., near Prince, and across from the Lyceum Hall. Lyceum Hall briefly contained a ward of the Baptist Church General Hospital in September 1862.

Battery Rodgers Post Hospital

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  • Dates: Oct 01, 1863 - Aug 01, 1865
  • Place information: Battery Rodgers, a water battery, served as a hospital for various garrisons.

Bentley Barracks General Hospital

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  • Dates: Sep 01, 1864 - Oct 01, 1864
  • Place information: Briefly a general hospital in the 3rd Division General Hospital of Alexandria.

Briggs' Barracks

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  • Dates:
  • Place information: The hospital at Briggs' Barracks apparently served the troops garrisoned there.

Cameron Street Hospital

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  • Dates: Nov 20, 1862 - Jan 24, 1863
  • Place information: The McVeigh House, a three story brick building, was originally opened to serve sick soldiers of the Convalescent Camp. It was reorganized as a general hospital in January 1863 and became a branch of the 3rd Division General Hospital of Alexandria.

Camp Banks Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:29 PM
  • Dates: Oct 01, 1862 - Mar 01, 1863
  • Place information: Camp Banks held the paroled and exchanged prisoners until it merged with the Convalescent Camp.

Camp Davis Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:38 PM
  • Dates: Aug 01, 1863 - Sep 01, 1863
  • Place information: This hospital had the name "Camp Wyndham Post Hospital" only for a week when it was changed to Camp Davis Post Hospital. When it closed, the patients were moved to Camp Stoneman in D.C.

Convalescent Camp

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:12 PM
  • Dates: Aug 01, 1862 - Jan 14, 1864
  • Place information: This camp was first located near Fort Ellsworth, on Shutter's Hill. It moved in December 1862 to 4 Mile Run. Originally in tents, the camp had barracks at the new site. The Indexes explain that the camp was "organized for the accommodation of Convalescents en route to their commands; a stragglers' camp was added in Sept. '62 & still later a camp for Drafted Men & Recruits." In March of 1862, the "Paroled Prisoners' Camp" merged with the convalescent camp. In March of 1862, the "Paroled Prisoners' Camp" merged with the convalescent camp. In January of 1864, the whole place was reorganized under the name Rendezvous of Distribution Camp. The newly named camp was organized into three divisions, with each division having four sections. Division 1 - Convalescents; Division 2 - Distribution; Division 3 - Paroled. Sections: 1 - New England; 2 -New York; 3 - Pennsylvania and "Southern"; 4 - Western troops. The camp had a Medical Examining Board from Dec. 1862 to determine the fitness of men in the camp, and could discharge them, transfer them to the Veterans' Reserve Corps, or return them to duty. The camp was succeeded by the Rendezvous and Distribution Camp for men fit for service.

Convalescent Camp Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:20 PM
  • Dates: Aug 22, 1862 - Jan 14, 1864
  • Place information: A post hospital was added to the Convalescent Camp in August of 1862.

Fairfax Seminary General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 08:49 PM
  • Dates: Mar 01, 1862 - Aug 14, 1865
  • Place information: The military took over the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary for this hospital. They used "the Main Building, the North & South wings, the High School and St. George's Hall on Seminary Hill, some 2 miles from Alex." The first few weeks it was opened, the site was a post hospital.

Fairfax Street General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:18 PM
  • Dates: Aug 22, 1861 - Feb 09, 1865
  • Place information: From August, 1861, to Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital was a branch of the General Hospital (Mansion St). Upon the reorganization of hospitals in Alexandria, it became a branch of the 1st Division General Hospital (Alexandria). It was located in a 3 story brick building near the Mansion House; the building formerly housed a female seminary.

First Division Hospital, Camp Stoneman

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  • Dates: Nov 01, 1863 - Dec 01, 1864
  • Place information: The First Division Hospital at the Cavalry Depot of Camp Stoneman was located in tents.

Fort C.F. Smith Post Hospital

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  • Dates: May 01, 1863 - Aug 01, 1864
  • Place information: Fort C.F. Smith was used as a post hospital for various garrisons.

Fort Cass Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-13 05:20 PM
  • Dates: May 01, 1861 - Aug 01, 1864

Fort Corcoran

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  • Dates: May 24, 1861 - May 06, 1865
  • Place information: Fort Corcoran was the headquarters of the 1st brigade of the division of the Defenses of Washington south of the Potomac.

Fort Corcoran Post Hospital

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  • Dates: Mar 01, 1862 - Jan 01, 1865
  • Place information: Fort Corcoran was located a short distance southwest of the Virginia Aqueduct Bridge, near Fort Haggerty. The Fort Corcoran hospital building was a wooden structure near the fort; it was also used to treat the sick of Forts Burnett, Cass, Haggerty, and Woodbury.

Fort Ellsworth

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:34 PM
  • Dates: May 25, 1861 - Jul 11, 1861
  • Place information: This fort served to protect Long Bridge and exert influence over the population of Alexandria. It was the headquarters of the 3rd Brigade of the Defenses of Washington south of the Potomac.

Fort Ellsworth Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:34 PM
  • Dates: Jun 01, 1862 - Oct 01, 1864

Fort Lyon Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:44 PM
  • Dates: Mar 29, 1864 - Sep 23, 1865

Fort Richardson Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:47 PM
  • Dates: Jan 01, 1863 - May 01, 1864

Fort Ward Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:52 PM
  • Dates: May 01, 1864 - Oct 01, 1865

Fort Williams Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 04:58 PM
  • Dates: Sep 01, 1862 - Jun 30, 1865
  • Place information: According to the Indexes, "the Hospital was in Bishop Johns House."

General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2012-04-13 09:51 PM
  • Dates: Dec 01, 1861 - Sep 20, 1862
  • Place information: The new General Hospital (Alexandria) took over from the Old General Hospital (Alexandria) when the hospital moved into the Mansion House on the corner of Fairfax and Cameron Streets. When the hospitals were organized into divisions on Sept. 20, 1862, Mansion House became a branch of the 1st Division General Hospital.

Grace Church (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 08:02 PM
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  • Place information: This church was on Patrick St., south of Prince St.

Grace Church General Hospital

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  • Dates: Jun 23, 1862 - Dec 05, 1862

Grace Church General Hospital (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 08:06 PM
  • Dates: Jul 05, 1862 - Dec 02, 1864
  • Place information: Until Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital was a branch of the General Hospital (Alexandria), and then a branch of the 2nd Division General Hospital. When it closed, its patients were sent to Sickle Barracks General Hospital.

Grosvenor House General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 08:24 PM
  • Dates: Aug 27, 1862 - Apr 24, 1865
  • Place information: Grosvenor House General Hospital was one of the hospitals of the 3rd Division General Hospital of Alexandria when this division was organized on Sept. 20, 1862. Before then, it was a branch of the Old General Hospital.

King Street Hospital

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  • Dates: Mar 01, 1862 - Feb 12, 1865
  • Place information: King Street Hospital was a convalescent ward of Mansion House General until it became part of the Third Division General Hospital on Sept. 20, 1862. On Oct. 7, 1864, the King St. General Hospital became part of the 1st Division General Hospital of Alexandria.

Lyceum Hall

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 07:51 PM
  • Dates: - Apr 01, 1865

McVeigh House General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 09:10 PM
  • Dates: Jan 24, 1863 - Feb 25, 1865
  • Place information: McVeigh's three story brick house became a hospital on Nov. 20, 1862, and was known as the Cameron St. Hospital. It served the sick of the Convalescent Camp until it was renamed and became a branch of the 3rd Division General Hospital of Alexandria when on Jan. 24, 1863.

Methodist Church (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 08:21 PM
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Methodist Church (Alexandria) General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 06:59 PM
  • Dates: Sep 20, 1862 - Feb 23, 1865
  • Place information: This Methodist Church was used as a branch of the 2nd division of general hospitals in Alexandria.

New General Hospital

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  • Dates: Dec 01, 1861 - Feb 23, 1865
  • Place information: The New General Hospital was the third general hospital to open in Alexandria. From September 1862 to its close in February 1865, the hospital was known as Mansion House General. As Mansion House General Hospital, it was a branch of the 1st Division Hospital.

New Hallowell General Hospital

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  • Dates: Mar 07, 1862 - Apr 27, 1865
  • Place information: New Hallowell was a general hospital, but it mainly served officers. It was located in Mr. Hallowell's three story brick house on Washington St, across the road from the Old Hallowell General Hospital. From its opening to Sept.20, 1862, it was a branch of the Washington St. Hospital. It then became a branch of the 3rd Division General Hospital of Alexandria.

Old General Hospital

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  • Dates: Jul 16, 1861 - Dec 01, 1861
  • Place information: The Old General Hospital was the first general hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. It was the main general hospital until the Mansion House opened as the main general hospital, and the Old General became a branch of it on Dec. 1, 1861. From Dec. 1, 1861 to Sept. 20, 1862, it was known as the Washington St. Hospital. When the hospitals in Alexandria were reorganized on Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital became known as the Old Hallowell Hospital. It was a brand of the 3rd Division General Hospital. The hospital was located in the Old Hallowell school building on Washington St., both of which contributed to the hospital's alternate/successive names.

Old Hallowell General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 08:25 PM
  • Dates: Jul 16, 1861 - May 03, 1865
  • Place information: The Old General Hospital was the first general hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. It was the main general hospital until the Mansion House opened as the main general hospital, and the Old General became a branch of it on Dec. 1, 1861. From Dec. 1, 1861 to Sept. 20, 1862, it was known as the Washington St. Hospital. When the hospitals in Alexandria were reorganized on Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital became known as the Old Hallowell Hospital. It was a brand of the 3rd Division General Hospital. The hospital was located in the Old Hallowell school building on Washington St., both of which contributed to the hospital's alternate/successive names.

Prince Street General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:47 PM
  • Dates: Mar 01, 1862 - Feb 21, 1865
  • Place information: From March, 1862, to Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital was a branch of the General Hospital (Mansion House). It then became a branch of the 2nd Division General Hospital (Alexandria) until it closed. It was located in two houses on opposite sides of Prince St.

Queen Street General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 08:28 PM
  • Dates: Apr 22, 1862 - Apr 26, 1865
  • Place information: The Queen Street hospital was located in the Bell Haven Ladies Seminary (Miss Gebb's School). It was a branch of the Old Hallowell General Hospital until it became part of the 3rd Division Hospital of Alexandria when it was formed on Sept. 20, 1862.

Rendevous of Distribution Camp

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:12 PM
  • Dates: Jan 14, 1864 - Aug 01, 1865
  • Place information: This camp was first located near Fort Ellsworth, on Shutter's Hill. It moved in December 1862 to 4 Mile Run. Originally in tents, the camp had barracks at the new site. The Indexes explain that the camp was "organized for the accommodation of Convalescents en route to their commands; a stragglers' camp was added in Sept. '62 & still later a camp for Drafted Men & Recruits." In March of 1862, the "Paroled Prisoners' Camp" merged with the convalescent camp. In January of 1864, the whole place was reorganized under the name Rendezvous of Distribution Camp. The newly named camp was organized into three divisions, with each division having four sections. Division 1 - Convalescents; Division 2 - Distribution; Division 3 - Paroled. Sections: 1 - New England; 2 -New York; 3 - Pennsylvania and "Southern"; 4 - Western troops. The camp had a Medical Examining Board from Dec. 1862 to determine the fitness of men in the camp, and could discharge them, transfer them to the Veterans' Reserve Corps, or return them to duty. The camp was succeeded by the Rendezvous and Distribution Camp for men fit for service.

Rendezvous of Distribution Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:23 PM
  • Dates: Jan 14, 1864 - Feb 07, 1864

Seward Barracks Post Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 09:41 PM
  • Dates: Dec 01, 1863 - Jun 01, 1865
  • Place information: Seward Barracks held a Light Artillery Command. The Indexes note monthly reports for the dates shown as beginning and ending dates, but no other records.

Sickel Barracks General Hospital

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  • Dates: May 23, 1864 - Aug 14, 1865
  • Place information: A continuation of the Second Division General Hospital, located in the Sickel Barracks. By the time this hospital opened, the other Second Division Branches were already closed. The hospital was renamed from Sickel Barracks General Hospital to simply the Sickel General Hospital on May 1, 1865.

Slough Barracks General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-24 09:12 PM
  • Dates: May 01, 1864 - May 01, 1865
  • Place information: This hospital was located in a series of wooden barracks that had housed the Veterans' Reserve Corp. It was opened as a branch of the 3rd Division Hospital of Alexandria. On May 1, 1865, the Slough Barracks General Hospital became the Slough General Hospital. All of the remaining patients in 3rd Division hospitals were sent to Slough General Hospital at that time.

Soldier's Rest

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  • Dates: May 28, 1864 - Oct 04, 1864
  • Place information: Soldier's Rest, located near the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road Depot, was originally used as a "Rest" for men in trains. It was diverted for use as a hospital.

Soldiers' Rest (Alexandria)

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:36 PM
  • Dates: May 28, 1864 - Oct 04, 1864
  • Place information: The Soldiers' rest in Alexandria, the place where soldiers in transit by trains stayed, was briefly put into service as a hospital in 1864. It then became a rest stop again. It was located near the depot of the Orange and Alexandria railroad.

St. Paul's General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:30 PM
  • Dates: Jun 28, 1862 - Feb 25, 1865
  • Place information: This hospital, located in St. Paul's Church lecture room and parsonage (corner of Pitt and Duke Streets), was a branch of the General Hospital (Mansion House) from June 28, 1862 to Sept. 20, 1862. Upon the reorganization of the Alexandria hospitals on that date, it became part of the 2nd Division General Hospital. On Oct. 7, 1864, it became part of the 1st Division General Hospital until it closed. When it closed, its patients were transferred to the Fairfax Seminary General Hospital.

Washington Hall General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-22 08:10 PM
  • Dates: Nov 06, 1862 - Feb 08, 1865
  • Place information: Washington Hall was located on the corner of Washington and King Sts., near the Methodist Church General Hospital.

Washington Street Prison Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2012-01-25 07:35 PM
  • Dates: Aug 01, 1864 - Aug 01, 1865
  • Place information: The hospital was located within the Washington St. Prison, one of the five military prisons in Alexandria. None of the others had hospitals.

Wolfe Street General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-12-20 10:21 PM
  • Dates: Jan 01, 1862 - Feb 25, 1865
  • Place information: From January to Sept. 20, 1862, this hospital was a branch of the General Hospital (Mansion St). In the reorganization of the hospitals of Alexandria, it became a branch of the 1st Division General Hospital. It was located in two three-story brick buildings, and had a branch in a Quaker church.