From the Richmond Sentinel, 8/10/1863
Soldier's Guide
Apportionment of General Hospitals in Department of
Henrico, showing to which Hospital the Sick and Wounded of each State are sent:
For the information of the friends of the sick and wounded
soldiers, we give below the different Hospitals in which the soldiers from each
State are placed, and their locations. It will be found accurate, as it has been
kindly furnished by a distinguished surgeon in authority:
The soldiers from the States of Maryland, Tennessee,
Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, and placed in Chimborazo Hospital, situated at
the East terminus of Broad street.
Those from North Carolina, in General Hospital No. 24,
corner of Main and 26th streets; and in 3d, 4th and 5th divisions, Winder
Hospital, west terminus of Cary street.
Those from Georgia, will be found in 1st and 2d divisions,
Winder hospital, West terminus of Cary street; and in 2d and 3d divisions,
Jackson Hospital, near Hollywood Cemetery.
Those from Alabama, at the Alabama Hospital, Church Hill,
Franklin street; and in 1st division, Howard's Grove Hospital, Mechanicsville
turnpike.
Those from Mississippi, in 2d division, Howard's Grove
Hospital, Mechanicsville turnpike.
Those from South Carolina, in 1st division, Jackson
Hospital, near Hollywood Cemetery.
Those from Louisiana, at the Louisiana Hospital, West end
Broad street, and in 4th division, Jackson Hospital, near Hollywood Cemetery.
Those from Florida, in General Hospital No. 11, 19th street
between Main and Franklin.
Those from Texas, at the Texas Hospital, Main street, near
terminus of City Railway.
The following are Confederate hospitals, with their
locations: General Hospital No. 1, North terminus of 2d street; General Hospital
No. 21, cor of 25th and Cary streets; Henningson Hospital, Wall street;
Samaritan Hospital, Clay street, between 5th and 6th; Robertson Hospital, corner
Main and 3d streets; General Hospital No. 4, corner 10th and Marshall
streets.
The commissioned officers are to be found in Confederate
Hospital No. 10, corner of Main and 19th streets.
Officers in private quarters, (Surgeon A. Y. P. Garnett,)
Broad street, between 9th and 10th.
Wayside Hospital, General Hospital No. 12, corner of 19th
and Franklin streets, where soldiers can have their wants supplied without
expense.
Receiving Hospital, General Hospital No. 9, corner of 17th
and Grace streets.
Prison Hospital, General Hospital No. 13, 20th
street, between Main and Franklin.
In addition to the above, Wayside Hospitals established at
Petersburg, Danville, Farmville, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Liberty, and
Staunton, near the railroad depots, at which sick and disabled soldiers may have
their wants supplied without expense.
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