Information about General Hospital #24 in Richmond, VA during
the Civil War.
Also called: Moore’s Hospital, Harwood’s Hospital, North Carolina hospital.
Formerly tobacco factory of George D. Harwood. Three-storied, flat-roofed, brick
building. Opened summer-1861. First used for Union prisoners. Capacity over
120., employees 30. Taken over by North Carolina 29 July 1864. Rosa Lee Sanxay,
matron. Dr. Otis Frederick Manson, surgeon-in-charge. Location: southwest corner
of 26th and Main Streets.
(from Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W.
Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee,
Richmond, Virginia 1964.)
9/23/1861; Yankee prisoner in the "lower
prison, near Rocketts" shot and killed for verbally abusing a sentinel.
Sentinel praised for doing his duty. Prisoner buried at Shockoe Cemetery
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
7/1/1862; list of
patients at Moore Hospital, Ligon Hospital, Second Georgia Hospital, Third
Georgia Hospital, Howard’s Grove, & Fourth Georgia Hospital
1863; prisoner's account of harsh treatment in
Richmond. Notes that while at the General Hospital (GH#1) he was
well-treated; at the tobacco warehouse he was not. Also notes that "a lady
named Van Lew" helped provide for him while in prison until she was stopped
by prison authorities
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
12/5/1865; violent brawl between
members of the "20th N. Y. S. M." at the Moore Hospital (former GH24)
In the National Archives:
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 10, 422, 491). 4 in.
Letters, Orders, and Circulars Issued and Received, General Hospital No.
24. 1862-65. 3 vols. Copies of letters, orders, and circulars issued by the
Surgeon-in-Charge and the Medical Examining Board of the hospital, and
by the Adjutant and Inspector General, Surgeon General, Medical
Director, Medical Purveyor, Inspector of Hospitals, and Treasury
Department in Richmond. Arranged chronologically. This hospital was also
known as Moore General Hospital.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 173, 175). 2 in.
Registers of Patients, General Hospital No. 24. 1862-64. 2 vols.Show patient's name, rank, and organization; date admitted;
diagnosis; and disposition of case. Entries are arranged by date of
admittance.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 719). 1 in.
Morning Reports of Patients and Attendants, General Hospital No. 24.
1862-65. 1 vol.Daily reports showing the number of patients in hospital, in
private quarters, received, returned to duty, transferred, furloughed,
discharged, deserted, died, and remaining in hospital; the number of medical
officers and attendants present for duty; and remarks. Arranged
chronologically and thereunder by State of patient's organization.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 493). 1/2 in.
Record of Treatment of Patients and Medical Officers' Notes, General
Hospital No. 24. 1863-64. 1 vol.Contains a record of six patients showing name, wound, operation and
treatment, and progress of case; and notes by various persons on physiology,
temperature of the human body, gangrene, tetanus, anatomy, and snake bite.
The notes are unarranged.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 492). 1/4 in.
Register of Surgical Cases, Muster Roll of Officers and Detailed Men, and
Laundry Accounts, General Hospital No. 24. 1863-64. 1 vol.The register shows patient's name, age, rank, organization, and
civilian occupation, nature and date of wound or injury, operation performed
and date of operation, and remarks; the muster roll shows name, rank, and
organization of medical officers and detailed men and capacity in which
employed; and the laundry accounts show items received and issued and the
number of each. The contents of the volume are arranged by type of material.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 652). 1 in.
Register of Effects of Deceased Soldiers, General Hospital No. 24. 1862-64.
1 vol.Shows soldier's name, rank, organization, date of death, and list of
effects left. Entries are arranged by date of death. The volume also
contains some miscellaneous clothing accounts.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 640). 1/2 in.
Record of the Receipt of the Effects of Deceased Soldiers and of Payment for
Services and Hire of Slaves, General Hospital No. 24. 1863-64. 1 vol.Monthly record of the receipt by a quartermaster of the effects of
deceased soldiers, showing name, rank, and organization of soldier and
effects and money turned over; and monthly record of payments, showing name,
services rendered or name or slave hired, and amount paid. The contents of
the volume are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 495). 2 in.
Record of Requisitions for Rations and Statements of the Hospital Fund,
General Hospital No. 24. 1862-65. 1 vol.Shows the number of persons for whom rations were
requisitioned, items and number of rations of each requisitioned, and
monthly statements of funds on hand, received, and disbursed for provisions.
Entries are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 653). 1/4 in.
Record of Payments for Hired Hands, and Accounts, General Hospital No. 24.
1862-63. 1 vol.Contains a record of payments for hired hands, showing name of person
paid (and name of slave, if person paid was the owner), date, and amount
paid; and a list of expenditures and receipts, showing purpose of
expenditures, source of receipts, and amounts. The contents of the volume
are arranged by type of record and thereunder chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 650). 1/2 in.
Account Book, General Hospital No. 24. 1863-65. 1 vol.Shows date, amount and source of receipts, articles purchased, and
their cost. Entries are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 654). 1/4 in.
Provision and Fuel Accounts, General Hospital No. 24. 1862-64. 1 vol.This volume contains bread and flour accounts, showing number of pounds
of bread received from the baker and amount of flour deposited with the
baker; accounts of wood, coal, and beef, showing amounts due and received;
and a record of milk purchased. The accounts are arranged by type.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 496). 1 in.
Prescription Book, General Hospital No. 24. 1863-64. 1 vol.Shows date, patient's name, complaint, and diet and medicines to be
given. Entries are arranged chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 122 1/2). 1/2 in.
Requisitions, General Hospital No. 24. 1862-65. 1 vol.The requisitions are for medical and hospital
supplies and show date, article, and quantity requisitioned. Arranged
chronologically.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vols. 171, 172). 2 in.
Record Books, General Hospital No. 24. 1862-65. 2 vols.Contain monthly statistical reports relating to patients and
attendants; lists of patients transferred, returned to duty, furloughed,
discharged, deserted, and died; invoices of hospital property; a record of
the receipt of clothing for distribution; and a record of donations by the
Ladies Cumberland Hospital Association of North Carolina. The contents of
the volumes are arranged by type of record as described.
Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 122). 1 in.
Record Book, General Hospital No. 24. 1863-65. 1
vol.Contains lists of patients, accounts, and lists of employees. The
contents of the volume are unarranged.
