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Added April 9, 2002
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 125 7/2/1862; Chimborazo Hospital must
operate at capacity and tolerate crowded conditions for the present
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 161 8/12/1862; 400 patients from
McLaw's Division are coming to Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 203a 11/8/1862; Carrington desires to
know how many of the 12 Stewards, 246 Nurses and 28 Cooks are white or
black, detailed or employees at Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 73 3/20/1863; should a dentist be
detailed to come to Chimborazo during the week?
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 84 3/31/1863; Surgeon at Howard's
Grove asks for the loan of carpenters from Chimborazo Hospital to help
construct new floors for the small pox wards
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 88 4/3/1863; 14 Stewards are working
at Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 96 4/9/1863; Asst. Surgeon at
Chimborazo Hospital #2 has been sent to 3rd Alabama Hospital; now Division 2
(treating 528 patients) is under-staffed
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 113 4/20/1863; Chimborazo Hospital has
recently purchased an ambulance from the hospital fund
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 146 6/2/1863; 64 men have been reported
as deserters from Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 162 6/26/1863; questions about an
excess number of stewards in Chimborazo Hospital #2
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 165 6/30(?)/1863; eviction notice from
agents of Hiram Olliver, kicking Surgeon McCaw out of a house on Marshall
street
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 174 7/24/1863; hospitals have been
reapportioned by state; describes admissions procedures in the future -
mentions the Receiving Hospital (General Hospital #9)
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 708, p. 24 9/1/1863; letter from Surgeon at
General Hospital #9 responding to the charge that ambulances are in the
habit of taking patients to Divisions 1 & 3 at Chimborazo Hospital.
Hereafter, patients will be taken to Chimborazo's "Central Office"
Added April 8, 2002
Richmond
Dispatch 9/23/1861; Elizabeth Van Lew is renting a
residence next door to her house
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 55 3/25/1862; regulations for Surgeons
living at Chimborazo Hospital; notes that there are accommodations for 12
surgeons there
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 59 3/31/1862; Louisiana Hospital
proposes to swap convalescents for sick Louisianans from Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 78 4/21/1862; notice that Richmond
hospitals (except Chimborazo) must take all patients brought by the
ambulances - the overcrowding cannot be helped
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 81 4/25/1862; Surgeon McCaw of
Chimborazo Hospital is ordered to Danville to establish hospitals there
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 101 5/17/1862; appeal from Dr. McCaw
that slaves working at Chimborazo Hospital be impressed by the government to
avoid their return to their owners
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 116 6/9/1862; problems with the
delivery times of meat at Chimborazo Hospital
National Tribune 11/15/1900; description of Elizabeth Van Lew's
secret room which has recently been found
Added April 7, 2002
Photographs of
Richard Turner, "keeper" of Libby Prison
Added April 4, 2002 Added April 3, 2002
Richmond Dispatch 9/12/1861; Artillery company of VMI
alumni is being formed
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 12 11/16/1861; Surgeon McCaw directs
that ambulance drivers will no longer deposit their patients at Chimborazo
and drive off before making sure that there is room for them
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 16 12/5/1861; Surgeon General Moore
directs that Chimborazo will provide provisions for 1000 convalescents,
apparently sent from other Richmond hospitals - notes on scarcity of fuel
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 17 12/5/1861; cots will be substituted
for bedsteads at Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 23 12/30/1861; McCaw is ordered that
he has no authority to grant furloughs to his medical officers
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 707, p. 24 1/1/1862; inquiries relating to the
nature of cots at Chimborazo Hospital
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 364, p. 97 10/10/1863; Surgeon at Chimborazo
#4 desires to break up excess bunks for other uses
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 317, p. 101 3/25/1864; Surgeon at Chimborazo #4
requests detail of a soldier from the 6th VA as a Steward and Clerk
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 364 5/28/1864; funds are needed from
other hospitals for Stuart Hospital to open
National Archives, RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 324 11/3/1864 - 3/28/1865; Officer of
the Day reports from Chimborazo Hospital #2; reports on conditions in the
hospital
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