Information about General Hospital #18 in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War.
Also called: Greaner’s Hospital, Greanor’s Factory Hospital. Formerly
tobacco factory of John H. Greaner (not to be confused with his father William’s
factory at 19th and Cary Streets). Built in 1853. John H. Greaner was
long a member of the Richmond City Council and a distinguished soldier in the
Confederate army. Although the name was legally spelled Greaner, the family
often used Greanor. Opened in Spring 1861. On 25 September 1861 it listed 260
patients. Turned into Confederate shoe factory 2 June 1864 with 300 employees.
Location: eastside of 22nd Street, between Main and Franklin Streets
at 9 North 22nd Street. (from Confederate Military
Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22
Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)
11/8/1862; 7 new
prisoners at Castle Thunder, including 2nd SC man from GH#18 for
misdemeanor, and a soldier recognized as a crewman of CSS Patrick Henry
9/1862 - 6/1863; Statistics of General Hospital
#18 - hospital closed after June, 1863
In the National Archives:
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 414 1/2 [part]). 1/2 in.
Letters, Orders, and Circulars Issued and Received; Lists of Deaths; and
Lists of Patients Treated in Private Quarters, General Hospital No. 18.
1862-63. Part of 1 vol. Copies of letters, orders, and circulars
issued by the Surgeon-in-Charge at the hospital and by the Surgeon General's
Office and the Medical Director's Office at Richmond, 1862-63; lists of
deaths showing name, rank, organization, cause of death, and money or
possession left, 1862; and lists of patients in private quarters showing
date, name, rank, organization, and remarks. Arranged chronologically under
the above subjects. This hospital was formerly known as Greaner's Hospital.
Other entries in this volume relate to Jackson Hospital at Richmond, and are
described with other records of that hospital.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 217, 217 1/2). 2 in.
Registers of Patients, General Hospital No. 18. 1861-63. 2 vols.Show
patient's name, rank, and organization; date of admittance; disease;
disposition of case; and remarks. Entries are arranged by date of
admittance.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 250). 1 in.
Morning Reports, General Hospital No. 18. 1862-63. 1 vol.Daily
statistical reports showing number of patients in hospital, in private
quarters, received, transferred, furloughed, discharged, deserted, died, and
remaining; and number of medical officers and attendants present for duty.
Entries are arranged chronologically and thereunder by State of patient's
organization.
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.
