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.
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/30/1860; Political parties are meeting at
various places, including Metropolitan Hall, First African Church, and
Springfield Hall |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1861; ladies of Church and
Union Hills will meet today at Springfield Hall (future GH#26) to make
bandages |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/4/1861; Richmond Home Guard
meets nightly near Springfield Hall (later GH#26) to drill |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/10/1861; volunteer company is
being raised at Springfield Hall (later General Hospital #26) |
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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) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/1/1861; Good description of
Mason's Hall Hospital (GH#26) |
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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. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/2/1861; Ellis' Battalion is
meeting at Temperance Hall (future GH#26) on Church Hill |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/20/1861; brief description of
the "Temperance Hall Hospital"; probably Springfield Hall |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; two deaths (at Mason's
Hall and Bellevue respectively) and burial at Hollywood cemetery |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/3/1861; description of hospital
facilities in Richmond (St.
Charles Hotel, Masons’ Hall) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/23/1861; excellent description
of Springfield Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/24/1861; Springfield Hospital
needs one cook & one washerwoman |
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Richmond Enquirer |
8/24/1861; description of the "Springfield
Hospital" and its operations (future GH#26) |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
9/17/1861; "Hospitals in Richmond"
list |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
9/25/1861; list of hospitals in Richmond with
current capacities. Notes that POWs are at the General Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/2/1861; very detailed account of
the ladies' & state hospitals in Richmond - gives statistics and
descriptions |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/3/1861; General Hospital #26
mentioned |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/12/1861;
Springfield Hosp.
thanks local ladies for delicacies |
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Richmond
Examiner |
10/16/1861; Masonic fraternity
offers hall as hospital |
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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) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/9/1862; Public meeting at Springfield Hall to organize Local Defense
Company |
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Richmond Dispatch |
2/21/1862; Another meeting at Springfield Hall for Church and Union Hill
residents to form a volunteer company |
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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. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/18/1862; R. S.
Pollard, steward at Masonic Hall Hospital, acknowledges donations from
individuals in Mecklenburg & Halifax |
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National Archives, RG 109, Ch. IV |
8/1/1862; order from F. Sorrel,
re-designating existing hospitals into Gen. Hosps. with numbers. |
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Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice |
no date; list of Surgeons at
General Hospital #26 |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/11/1862;
Mason’s Hall Hospital on 25th Street, Union Hill |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
9/30/1862; tabular report of sick
& wounded soldiers in the Hospitals in Richmond |
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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. |
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Library of Congress |
10/16/1862; reports on the
capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them |
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Library of Congress |
11/1/1862; reports on the
capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them |
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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” |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/3/1862; public
temperance meeting scheduled for Springfield Hall, Church Hill |
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Richmond Dispatch |
12/8/1862; public
temperance meeting held 12/4 at Springfield Temperance Hall |
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William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 24) |
1/14/1863; Report of variola cases |
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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 |
