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 :: Second Alabama Hospital ::
Information about the 2nd Alabama Hospital in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Also known as Yarbrough's Factory Hospital; Turpin's Factory Hospital. Tobacco factory building of Turpin and Yarbrough. Southwest corner of 25th and Franklin Streets. Capacity of more than 125. Was opened before June 1862 and was still in operation in late-1863. Was attached to and part of General Hospital #21. Mrs. Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins (Mrs. Judge A. F. Hopkins) administered this and all other Alabama hospitals in town.

RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 47 9/1862 - 9/1863; Statistics of Second Alabama Hospital - hospital closed after September, 1863

Written Accounts

Richmond Dispatch 6/10/1861; women who want to be nurses should apply to Mrs. A. F. Hopkins
Richmond Dispatch 6/28/1861; editorial commending the efforts of Mrs. Judge Hopkins and other ladies providing nursing care 
Richmond Dispatch 8/7/1861; ad for tobacco from Turpin & Yarbrough's factory
Richmond Dispatch 8/8/1861; Mrs. Judge Hopkins' hospital, 5th bw Clay & Leigh, remarkably neat, etc
Richmond Dispatch 8/15/1861; note from Mrs. Judge Hopkins, thanking donors to Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 8/17/1861; Mrs. A. F. Hopkins of Mobile in town, collecting & disbursing supplies for Ladies Military Aid Society of Mobile
Richmond Dispatch 8/31/1861; 2 good nurses needed for Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 11/15/1861; colored female nurse needed at the 2nd Alabama Hospital
Richmond Enquirer 9/30/1862; Report of the Select Committee on Hospitals; reports on hospitals in Richmond and elsewhere and what to do about them - recommends reforms such as matrons, purchasing agents, and effective hospital funds. Mentions many current matrons, including S. L. Tompkins, Mrs. Clopton, Mrs. Hopkins, several heretofore unknown matrons at Winder Hospital, and many others. Gives statistics of Winder and Chimborazo Hospitals. Excellent article.
Richmond Examiner 10/11/1861; man arrested for trespassing at Turpin & Yarborough's tobacco factory, "now used as a hospital."
Richmond Dispatch 12/6/1861; G. S. McNeal, Steward 2nd Alabama Hospital adv. for lost overcoat
Richmond Dispatch 12/7/1861; 2 negro washerwomen needed at 2nd Ala Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 3/14/1862; Judge Arthur F. Hopkins confined for threatening murder
Richmond Dispatch 3/17/1862; Judge A. F. Hopkins was not jailed, but released for assault – newspaper clarifies the mistake.
William S. Campbell letter 3/18/1862; description of 1st Alabama Hospital and surgeons; mentions Mrs. Hopkins and 2nd Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 4/12/1862; 2nd Alabama Hospital adv for 12-15 men, 5-6 women, “for Hospital purposes.”
Richmond Dispatch 5/5/1862; adv for servants & nurses for 2nd Alabama Hospital
Richmond Dispatch 5/26/1862; Paul DeLacy Baker at Second Alabama Hospital, warns out-patients to report or be AWOL
Richmond Enquirer 6/10/1862; casualty list from Seven Pines, listing the hospitals where wounded were taken. 2nd Alabama has 9 wounded.
Richmond Dispatch 6/25/1862; C. J. Clark, Surgeon in charge "Ala hospitals"
Richmond Dispatch 7/15/1862; Alabama Hospitals wish to purchase milk & buttermilk. Apply at First Alabama Hospital (Broad, bw 23 & 24) of Third Alabama Hospital (cor 21 and Franklin)
Ledger of Confederate Medical Practice no date; list of Surgeons at Second Alabama Hospital
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
Library of Congress 10/16/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
Richmond Enquirer 10/16/1862; Mrs. A. F. Hopkins acknowledges contributions to Alabama soldiers
Library of Congress 11/1/1862; reports on the capacities of Richmond Hospitals, empty beds, and Patients in them
William A. Carrington CSR (M331) (no. 33) 11/20/1862; Inspection Report
Phoebe Pember Collection, UNC 1/30/1863; excellent letter from Phoebe Pember to her sister describing life at Chimborazo and a visit to Mrs. Hopkins at the Alabama Hospital. Mentions getting special treatment from the Surgeon General and allowed to board where she pleases and given an ambulance
Richmond Sentinel 8/10/1863; list of hospitals in Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
Richmond Sentinel 9/21/1863; list of hospitals in Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 47 9/1862 - 9/1863; Statistics of Second Alabama Hospital - hospital closed after September, 1863
Richmond Enquirer 5/24/1864; several new hospitals for prisoners opened, 800 patients in them now and daily increasing
Richmond Examiner 5/25/1864; wounded prisoners at GH#21, Ross Factory, & 2nd Alabama
Jno. H. Parkhill CSR 11/19/1864; Turpin and Yarbrough's Prison Hospital should cease being rented by the Confederate Government
Richmond Sentinel 2/27/1865; man breaks into Turpin & Yarbrough's factory and steals a pair of shoes
Paper by Oscar Pohlig on the history of the Second Alabama Hospital.

In the National Archives:

Record Group 109, (ch. VI, vol. 419). ¼ in. Vaccination Register of Prisoners (Union), 2d. Alabama Hospital. n.d. 1 vol. Shows prisoner's name, rank, organization, and age; date of last and present vaccination; state of health; whether the vaccination took; and if the prisoner had smallpox. Entries are unarranged. The register is undated, but according to a notation in the front of the volume The Adjutant General’s Office service records show that these Federal soldiers were captured in July 1863 and taken to Richmond, and that in 1864 they were sent to Andersonville, Ga.

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