Information about General Hospital #22 in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War.
Also called: Howard’s Factory Hospital, Howard Hospital, North Carolina
Hospital. Formerly tobacco factory of George D. Howard Company. Three-storied,
A-roofed, brick building. Opened in 1862. Closed 22 July 1864. Capacity about
110 employees 44. Dr. Addison C. Fox, surgeon-in-charge. "Praised for good work
with desperate cases" on 19 May 1863. Location: On the north side of Main
street, northeast corner of 26th. Atkinson's Factory appears to be
the same building.
10/5/1861; statistics and praise of
the “Confederate States Prison Hospital, at Rocketts.” Notes 41 deaths have
occurred, and praises Dr. E. G. Higginbotham at length.
11/18/1861; great description of the prison
system in Richmond with list of employees (included Wirz and Higginbotham).
Notes that over 2000 POWs now in Richmond
6/1/1862; letter from soldier in the
38th NY, describing life in Harwood's Factory prison - notes on the guards,
and Lt. Todd (Mary Lincoln's Confederate brother).
6/30/1862;
Another huge hospital list: Seabrook’s; Banner; Christian & Lea’s; Globe;
Moore; Howard; Royster; Central Depot; First Alabama; Third Alabama; First
Georgia; Second Georgia; Third Georgia
6/2/1864; tobacco factories on Main
and Franklin near Church Hill have been re-occupied as prisons, and the
guards are forcing people off the sidewalk. Major Turner puts a stop to this
practice
no date; excellent description
of hospital stay in GH#22 and Winder Hospital. Excellent physical
descriptions.
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.
