Fourth Street Hospital

Also known as Baptist Church Hospital; Baptist Fourth Street Hospital. On 4th Street, north of Leigh. In operation September 1861. Operated by the ladies of the First Baptist Church.

Richmond Dispatch 9/11/1861; ladies of the First Baptist Church have procured a house on Fourth street beyond Leigh to use as a hospital
Eleanor S. Brockenbrough Library, MoC 9/17/1861; ladies of Fourth Street Hospital have chosen two surgeons
Richmond Dispatch 10/2/1861; very detailed account of the ladies' & state hospitals in Richmond - gives statistics and descriptions

 

 

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