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 :: General Hospital #26 ::
Information about General Hospital #26 in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Also called: Springfield Hall Hospital, Masonic hall Hospital, Temperance Hall. Formerly meeting hall owned by Springfield Division #167, Sons of Temperance. Also used by Henrico Union Lodge #130, A. F. and A. M. Roane Lodge #130, I. O. O. F. Two-storied, brick building. Built 1850. Opened early June 1861. Capacity about 40, employees 7. Dr. John Know, surgeon-in-charge. When opened operated by Soldiers’ Aid Society in association with Trinity Methodist and Leigh Street Baptist churches. Location: northwest corner of 26th and M Streets. 

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 33 9/1862 - 7/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #26 - hospital closed after July, 1863

Written Accounts

Richmond Dispatch 10/30/1860; Political parties are meeting at various places, including Metropolitan Hall, First African Church, and Springfield Hall
Richmond Dispatch 4/24/1861; ladies of Church and Union Hills will meet today at Springfield Hall (future GH#26) to make bandages
Richmond Dispatch 5/4/1861; Richmond Home Guard meets nightly near Springfield Hall (later GH#26) to drill
Richmond Dispatch 5/10/1861; volunteer company is being raised at Springfield Hall (later General Hospital #26)
Richmond Dispatch 6/12/1861; ladies of Church and Union Hills are nursing sick soldiers at Co. G Hall (later GH#27) and Springfield Hall (later GH#26)
Richmond Dispatch 7/1/1861; Good description of Mason's Hall Hospital (GH#26)
Richmond Dispatch 7/2/1861; description of "Mason's Hall," (GH#26) notes that it was opened 4 weeks ago for Tennesseans. Notes that more Tennesseans are at Company G Hall and Temperance Hall. 
Richmond Dispatch 7/2/1861; Ellis' Battalion is meeting at Temperance Hall (future GH#26) on Church Hill
Richmond Dispatch 7/20/1861; brief description of the "Temperance Hall Hospital"; probably Springfield Hall
Richmond Dispatch 7/27/1861; brief description of the hospital at Mason Hall Church; also description of the "Springfield Temperance" hospital (future GH#26), in the same neighborhood; notes they are both filling up
Richmond Whig 7/27/1861; list of wounded from First Manassas at the various private locations around the city. Many in St. Charles Hotel and Springfield Hall
Richmond Whig 7/30/1861; additional list of wounded from First Manassas at the various private locations around the city. Many in St. Charles Hotel and Springfield Hall
Richmond Dispatch 7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery
Richmond Whig 8/3/1861; description of hospital facilities in Richmond (St. Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall)
Richmond Dispatch 8/23/1861; excellent description of Springfield Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/24/1861; Springfield Hospital needs one cook & one washerwoman
Richmond Enquirer 8/24/1861; description of the "Springfield Hospital" and its operations (future GH#26)
Richmond Enquirer 9/17/1861; "Hospitals in Richmond" list
Richmond Enquirer 9/25/1861; list of hospitals in Richmond with current capacities. Notes that POWs are at the General Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 10/2/1861; very detailed account of the ladies' & state hospitals in Richmond - gives statistics and descriptions
Richmond Dispatch 10/3/1861; General Hospital #26 mentioned
Richmond Dispatch 10/12/1861; Springfield Hosp. thanks local ladies for delicacies
Richmond Examiner 10/16/1861; Masonic fraternity offers hall as hospital
Richmond Whig 1/10/1862; Artillery company from Chesterfield County will be mustered in at Battery No. 15; local defense force is being raised at Springfield Hall (GH#26)
Richmond Dispatch 1/9/1862; Public meeting at Springfield Hall to organize Local Defense Company
Richmond Dispatch 2/21/1862; Another meeting at Springfield Hall for Church and Union Hill residents to form a volunteer company
Joseph F. Powell file, M346 2/21/1862; $777.28 paid for carpentry work done on Union Hill Hospital (at Mason's Hall): itemized list. Work was done in 1861.
Richmond Dispatch 7/18/1862; R. S. Pollard, steward at Masonic Hall Hospital, acknowledges donations from individuals in Mecklenburg & Halifax
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 #26
Richmond Dispatch 8/11/1862; Mason’s Hall Hospital on 25th Street, Union Hill
Richmond Enquirer 9/30/1862; tabular report of sick & wounded soldiers in the Hospitals in Richmond
Library of Congress 10/6/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals and empty beds
William A. Carrington CSR (M331-roll 49) (no.14) 10/9/1862, Inspection report,  General Hospital #26.
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
Richmond Dispatch 11/4/1862; Surg. G. S. West, “General Hospital No. 26, Masonic Hall, 25th street” looking for a wet nurse “with a fresh breast of milk”
Richmond Dispatch 12/3/1862; public temperance meeting scheduled for Springfield Hall, Church Hill
Richmond Dispatch 12/8/1862; public temperance meeting held 12/4 at Springfield Temperance Hall
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 24) 1/14/1863; Report of variola cases
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 33 9/1862 - 7/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #26 - hospital closed after July, 1863
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 46) nd; report of an incident at Gen. Hosp. #26
Charles H. Sloan CSR, M331 various dates; GH#26 receipts
J. S. Wellford CSR, M331 various dates; material on GH#26 & Jackson Hospital

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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