:: General Hospital #2 ::

Information about General Hospital #2 in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Also called: Bailey's Factory Hospital, Baily's Factory Hospital. Tobacco factory of S. W. Bailey and Company, used in 1861 and 1862, perhaps later. Three storied, A-roofed building. Faced on south side Cary Street, southwest corner of 7^th Street. Dr. James M. Holloway, in charge. (from Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 3

9/1862 - 7/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #2 - hospital closed after July, 1863

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Photograph of General Hospital #2 (blown up from a Gardner photograph).

Written Accounts

Richmond Dispatch	6/11/1862; new hospital to open in warehouse on 6th St., between Cary & Canal; Division #2 at Winder Hospital is a model of tidiness and cleanliness
Richmond Enquirer	6/19/1862; Bailey's Factory Hospital requests ladies turn over their empty vials to them
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. IV	8/1/1862; order from F. Sorrel, re-designating existing hospitals into Gen. Hosps. with numbers.
Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice	no date; list of Surgeons at General Hospital #2
Richmond Dispatch	8/12/1862; Jas. M. Holloway, Surg. in charge, Bailey’s Factory Hospital, 7th and Cary Streets, thanks donors.
Richmond Enquirer	9/30/1862; tabular report of sick & wounded soldiers in the Hospitals in Richmond
Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice	10/4/1862; Rules and Regulations for General Hospital #2
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
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. 31)	11/25/1862; Inspection Report
Richmond Examiner	3/14/1863; Explosion at C. S. Laboratory; victims taken to GH#2
Richmond Enquirer	3/17/1863; victims of the C. S. Laboratory explosion taken to GH#2
Josiah Gorgas Journal, p. 67	5/1863; Mrs. Gen. Gorgas volunteering there
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 3	9/1862 - 7/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #2 - hospital closed after July, 1863
OR supplement, 83: 563	1/1864; 18th Va. company housed there
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 54)	n.d.; Inspection report

In the National Archives:

Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 711). 2 in.

Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants, General Hospitals No. 1-4, 7-8, 12-20, 22-23, and 25-27. 1862-65. 1 vol. Daily reports showing the number of patients in hospital, in private quarters, received, returned to duty, transferred, furloughed, deserted, discharged, died, and remaining; the number of medical officers, stewards, nurses, cooks, and laundresses present for duty; and remarks. Arranged by hospital number, thereunder chronologically, and thereunder by State of patient's organization. The dates given are inclusive; not all hospitals have reports for all dates.

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