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 :: Bellevue Hospital ::
Information about Bellevue Hospital in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Private hospital. Northwest corner of 22nd and Broad Streets. Had 51 patients in September 1861. Dr. James Bolton, in charge.

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 55 9/1862 - 1/1863; Statistics of Bellevue Hospital - hospital closed after January, 1863

Written Accounts

Richmond Dispatch 11/6/1860; adv for Bellevue Hospital, gives prices and names surgeons and matron. Brief description of the interior
Richmond Enquirer 3/28/1861; ad for the summer schedule of classes at the Medical College - McCaw and Gibson are listed as professors; students will have access to patients at Bellevue Hospital and Alms House free of charge
Richmond Dispatch 4/16/1861; Ad (including rates) for Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 6/10/1861; Dr. Bolton of Bellevue Hospital thanks the ladies of Church Hill for their help with the sick soldiers
Richmond Dispatch 7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery
Richmond Dispatch 8/12/1861; three deaths at Bellevue Hospital and burials in Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond Enquirer 9/17/1861; "Hospitals in Richmond" list
Richmond Enquirer 9/25/1861; list of hospitals in Richmond with current capacities. Notes that POWs are at the General Hospital
Richmond Examiner 9/30/1861; Dr. Bolton reports 51 patients in Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 10/1/1861; 34 convalescent soldiers from St. Francis de Sales, Medical College, and Bellevue hospitals sent to Petersburg
Richmond Dispatch 10/30/1861; runaway slave ad., Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Whig 1/11/1862; death notice for Philip Rahm, proprietor of the "Eagle Foundry," who died of lockjaw. He was attended by Dr. Bolton.
Richmond Dispatch 1/18/1862; Bellevue Hospital adv for bread maker
Richmond Dispatch 1/27/1862; new ad for Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 3/26/1862; change of surgeon-in-charge at Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 4/28/1862; strayed cow from Bellevue
Richmond Dispatch 5/29/1862; new rates for black patients at Bellevue Hosp.
Richmond Dispatch 7/2/1862; fair to benefit soldiers to be held at Bellevue Hospital
Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice no date; List of Surgeons at Bellevue Hospital
Library of Congress 10/6/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals and empty beds
Library of Congress 10/16/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
Richmond Dispatch 10/25/1862; runaway notice, Bellevue Hospital
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 10) 10/28/1862; details of arrangements
Richmond Dispatch 10/30/1862; Sick and wounded officers report to Bellevue Hospital to procure board
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 2) 10/31/1862; inspection report of St. Francis, Medical College Hospital, and Bellevue Hospital
Library of Congress 11/1/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 45) 11/13/1862; Inspection report
Richmond Dispatch 11/28/1862; Dr. Bolton adv for missing Bellevue Hospital patient register
Richmond Dispatch 12/2/1862; important sales notice for Bellevue Hospital

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 416, p. 16-19

12/24/1862; Inspection report of Bellevue Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 12/30/1862; Bellevue Hospital to be re-converted to a female seminary
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 55 9/1862 - 1/1863; Statistics of Bellevue Hospital - hospital closed after January, 1863
CSMSJ Vol. I, No. 2 2/1864; report by Surg. A. Y. P. Garnett on the use of Nelaton's probes - includes a case of a patient at Robertson Hospital. Mentions being assisted by Surg. Bolton.

 

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