Also called: Saint Charles Hospital. Formerly the building of Saint Charles
Hotel. Opened as early as July 1861. Cost partially borne by the City of
Richmond. Had 460 patients on 13 August 1861. Was open as late as fall-1863. H.
A. Dudley, superintendent. Built in 1846 on site of ancient Bowler's and Bell
taverns. Location: northeast corner of Wall [15th] and Main Streets,
facing Main. (from Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond
by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial
committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.)
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Richmond
Enquirer |
1/1/1861; advertisement for a slave dealer
underneath the St. Charles Hotel |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
6/15/1861; a member of the New
Orleans Zouaves gets married at the St. Charles Hotel (later GH#8) |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/24/1861; citizen's committee designates St.
Charles hotel for use as a hospital |
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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 Enquirer |
7/29/1861; servants needed at the St. Charles
Hotel, being used as a hospital, with 160 patients there now |
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Richmond Enquirer |
7/31/1961; List of sick and wounded men in
Richmond can be found at the St. Charles Hospital |
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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; lists of patients in the
city are at the Intelligence Office at the St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/31/1861; applications for
clothing for wounded or sick soldiers can be made at St. Charles Hospital
(future GH#8) |
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Richmond
Whig |
7/31/1861; list of wounded soldiers in private
houses can be seen at the St. Charles Hotel (GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/1/1861; funeral of a
Mississippian will take place at St. Charles Hospital (future GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/3/1861; Cook, Servants, and
Cleaning Women needed at the St. Charles Hospital. |
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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 |
8/6/1861; soldier from the 20th VA
died at the St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/6/1861; funeral of soldier from
St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/8/1861; St. Charles Hosp. (GH#8) has 160
patients |
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Richmond
Whig |
8/9/1861; St. Charles Hospital (GH#8) has been
spreading sawdust on the road to keep it quiet |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/10/1861; sawdust sprinkled on
Wall st. to deaden noise near St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/13/1861; St. Charles Hospital
"greatly in need of nurses" |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/13/1861; St. Charles & Wall St.
Hospitals contain more than 460 patients |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
8/13/1861; member of 2nd SC died at St.
Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/16/1861; list of donations to the St. Charles
Hospital - includes donations from the children at the Lancastrian school,
as well as the workers of the C. S. Laboratory |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/21/1861; ad for someone to
superintend St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/21/1861; St. Charles Hospital feeding
hundreds daily, on private contributions |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/29/1861; 6 female nurses needed
at St. Charles Hospital |
| Richmond
Dispatch |
9/8/1861; mortality rate at St. Charles
Hospital |
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Richmond
Whig |
9/16/1861; Louisiana soldier, shot by a South
Carolinian, dies in St. Charles Hospital |
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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
Examiner |
9/30/1861; Texas Soldier dies at St. Charles
Hospital (GH#8) |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/1/1861; Junius Archer, proprietor of Bellona
Arsenal turns over $568 to St. Charles Hosp. - his proceeds from sale of
Columbiad to Govt. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/11/1861;
Aleck, slave of
Dr. Wellford, is nurse at St. Charles Hotel. Arrested for theft. |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
10/23/1861;
List of
contributors to St. Charles Hosp. including $395 from J. R. Anderson &
Tredegar Employees |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/2/1862; St. Charles Hospital
committee to meet this evening “at their office in the Hospital.” |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/2/1862; meeting of the St.
Charles hospital committee will be held tonight; includes list of members |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/13/1862; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8)
unoccupied, needs fixing up for hospital |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
2/22/1862; opening of St. Charles (GH#8) for
"wayfaring soldiers" |
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Richmond Dispatch |
2/26/1862; Mrs. R. M. Grinnell, matron of late St. Charles Hospital, now
matron at Globe Hospital (future GH#12) – Dr. St. George Peachy in charge |
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Richmond Dispatch |
4/12/1862; St. Charles Hotel hosted 1200 guests one recent evening |
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Richmond Dispatch |
4/12/1862; rent notice, 2 stores under St. Charles Hotel |
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Richmond Dispatch |
4/17/1862; sidewalk around the St. Charles Hotel smells bad – needs
fumigating |
| Harrison, Constance Cary. "Richmond
Scenes in '62." Battles & Leaders 2: 439-448. |
n.d.; Described after the Battle of Seven
Pines. |
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Richmond
Whig |
6/4/1862; attendants are needed at
the hospitals; St. Charles Hospital is in a very nasty condition |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/5/1862; List of
YMCA donations to GH#1, St. Charles, Byrd Island Hospital, Globe &
Richardson. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/7/1862; List of
donors & provisions for area hospitals |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/10/1862;
details of operation at St. Charles Hosp., on Jesse Wright, 9 Va. Surgeons
were W. E. Kemble, C. Carter, Z. B. Herndon. Also D. C. Jones, ex - 4TX, now
AAS at Kent-Paine Hosp. |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/25/1862;
Unnamed soldier attempts suicide. Now a patient at St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
6/25/1862; soldier attempts to kill himself and
is taken to the St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond Dispatch |
6/28/1862;
Enormous list of wounded by hospital: Central Depot; Third Georgia; Royster;
First Alabama; St. Charles; Keen, Baldwin & Williams; Kent; Christian &
Lea’s; Ligon; Globe; Third Alabama; Institute; Fourth Georgia |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/3/1862; Dr. C.
M. Hunter, St. Charles Hotel, adv. for strayed horse |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/7/1862; man
jailed in the cage for “trespassing on Dr. Wilson,” Surg. in charge at St.
Charles Hospital |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/7/1862; slave
punished for stealing from St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/11/1862; Wm. T.
Moore, I57VA, at St. Charles Hotel. Would like to see friends |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/11/1862; Surg.
at St. Charles Hospital thanks YMCA |
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Richmond Dispatch |
7/15/1862; J. W.
Hines, Asst. Surg. Purcell Battery, adv for lost horse. Battery at Old Fair
Grounds – information to be left at St. Charles Hospital |
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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; Rules and Regulations for General
Hospital #8 |
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Ledger of Confederate Hospital Practice |
no date; list of Surgeons at
General Hospital #8 |
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Richmond
Enquirer |
8/15/1862; filthy condition of St. Charles
Hospital (GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
8/19/1862; fire at St. Charles
Hospital (GH#8) |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/25/1862; H. S.
Barton, Surg. in Charge at St. Charles Hospital, adv for 3 colored
washerwomen |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/25/1862; those
in private quarters who belong at St. Charles Hotel report at once |
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Richmond Dispatch |
8/27/1862; Dr. W.
O. Hill, Asst. Surgeon in Charge of Hospital at Battery #8 |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/10/1862; sales
notice for billiard tables at saloon under St. Charles Hotel |
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Richmond Dispatch |
9/15/1862; Mrs. Whitley is a matron at St. Charles Hospital |
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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 |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/9/1862; D. F.
Booth opens a new auction house under St. Charles Hotel |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/10/1862; Thos.
J. Bagby’s office under St. Charles Hotel |
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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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William A.
Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 4) |
10/23/1862; Inspection Report |
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Richmond Dispatch |
10/28/1862; J.
Twiggs Brown, steward of St. Charles Hospital, thanks donors by name |
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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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William A.
Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 29) |
12/2/1862; Miscellaneous details of Gen.
Hospital #8 |
|
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 26) |
1/7/1863; Memo regarding gangrene at Genl.
Hospls. #1, 8, 10, 4, and the Louisiana Hospl. |
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RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 12 |
9/1862 - 2/1863; Statistics of General Hospital
#8 - hospital closed after February, 1863 |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
4/10/1863; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8)
sold |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/10/1863; St. Charles Hotel sold for
$79,600 - still being used as a
hospital (GH#8) |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
4/24/1863; St. Charles Hotel (GH#8)
rented to Ga. Hosp. & Relief Association |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
5/1/1863; St. Charles Hotel has been taken by
the Georgia Hospital and Relief Association |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
7/15/1863; Richmond City Council appropriates
money for St. Charles Hospital |
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Richmond
Whig |
1/18/1864; former proprietor of the
St. Charles Hotel was captured by the Yankees while procuring bacon, etc.
for the government |
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Athens (GA)
Southern Banner |
10/19/1864; excellent description of the
Georgia Hospital & Relief Association and their operations in Richmond.
Notes that St. Charles Hotel is used as a wayside home for traveling Georgia
soldiers |
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Richmond
Whig |
4/13/1865; Ballard House will be reopened as a
hotel and possibly others (St. Charles among them) |
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Richmond
Whig |
6/6/1865; appeal for a passenger railway from
St. Charles Hotel to Rocketts |
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National
Tribune |
9/28/1899; “A Union Man in Richmond” part eight of serialized account.
Describes the capture and execution of Timothy Webster, the Libby Prison
escape (mentions prisoners being aided by Van Lew, and good feeling amongst
the Unionists toward her), a shooting of a prisoner at Libby, “the clerk” of
Libby being involved in trading with the prisoners (Ross), and being shot at
while near Locust Alley. St. Charles Hotel mentioned. |
| 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. |
| Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 498). 1/2 in. |
Letters, Orders, and Circulars Received, General Hospital No. 8. 1862-63. 1
vol.
Copies of letters, orders, and circulars issued by the Adjutant and
Inspector General's Department, the Surgeon General's Office, and the
Medical Director's Office in Richmond and by various territorial commands.
Arranged chronologically. This hospital was also known as St. Charles
Hospital. |
| Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 251). 1 in. |
Register of Patients, General Hospital No. 8. 1862-63. 1 vol.
Shows patient's name, rank, organization, and disease; date admitted;
disposition of case, and remarks. Entries are arranged by date of
admittance. |
| Record Group 109,
(ch VI, vol. 510). 1/4 in. |
Lists of Patients Returned to Duty, Sent to Private Quarters, Transferred,
Furloughed, and Died, General Hospital No. 8. 1862-63. 1 vol.
This volume shows date; patient's name, rank, and organization; and
remarks The lists are arranged by type as indicated in series title, with
entries therein arranged chronologically. |
| Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 123). 1/2 in. |
Morning Reports, General Hospital No. 8. 1862. 1 vol.
Daily reports showing number of patients remaining in the hospital from
last report and number in private quarters, and the number of medical
officers, stewards, nurses, and laundresses present for duty. Arranged
chronologically and thereunder by State of patient's organization. |
| Record Group 109,
(ch. VI, vol. 120). 1/2 in. |
Account of the Hospital Fund, General Hospital No. 8. 1862-63. 1 vol.
This volume shows amounts received and source from which received, and
amounts spent and articles for which spent. Entries are arranged
chronologically. |
