:: General Hospital #27 ::

Information about General Hospital #27 in Richmond, Va., during the Civil War

Also called: Gangrene Hospital, Company G Hall Hospital. Formerly social, meeting and drill hall operated by Militia Co. G. Opened March 1862. Closed 16 July 1863. Capacity about 50. Location: eastside of 28^th Street, between M and N Streets. Present site approximately 711-3 North 28^th Street. (from Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Wait, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 34

9/1862 - 6/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #27 - hospital closed after June, 1863

Written Accounts

Richmond Dispatch	11/7/1860; excellent details on Company G Hall, 28th and N sts., which is under construction
Richmond Dispatch	6/1/1861; Drill room of Co. G has been converted into a hospital, 50 patients there now, mostly from Tennessee
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	6/29/1861; men of Church and Union Hills will meet tonight at Company "G" Hall for the purposes of organizing for home defense
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	7/2/1862; Cooks and nurses needed at Company G Hospital
Richmond Dispatch	7/3/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard will meet at Company G hall
Richmond Dispatch	7/16/1861; the Bloody Run Guard will meet at Company G hall
Richmond Dispatch	7/18/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard will attend meetings at Company G Hall
Richmond Dispatch	7/31/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard is organizing at Company G Hall
Richmond Dispatch	8/6/1861; Henrico Liberty Guard to meet at Company G Hall
Richmond Dispatch	10/2/1861; very detailed account of the ladies' & state hospitals in Richmond - gives statistics and descriptions
Richmond Enquirer	10/5/1861; corrections to the statistics of the ladies’ hospitals in Richmond. Warwick House and Company G Hospital have not been keeping good books. Death rate is between 3.2 - 3.7%
Richmond Dispatch	12/19/1861; Residents of Union & Church Hills to meet at Co. G armory for local defense
Richmond Dispatch	1/23/1862; Meeting at Co. G Hall - Church and Union Hill residents to form company.
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 #27
Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice	no date; Rules and Regulations for General Hospital #27
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.13)	10/8/1862, Inspection report, General Hospital #27.
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
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 34	9/1862 - 6/1863; Statistics of General Hospital #27 - hospital closed after June, 1863
Summary of William Liggan file, M346, National Archives	7/16/1863; request from General Hospital #27, for carpentry work. Signed by G. S. West, Surgeon in Charge.
Summary of William Liggan file, M346, National Archives	7/24/1863; carpentry done at General Hospital #27

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.

Written Accounts

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