Lately, I've been digging in a different direction. I've
been trying to create a list of general hospitals and wayside hospitals
established by the Confederate government in North Carolina. General hospitals
were usually large structures, sometimes occupying existing buildings, like
Peace College in Raleigh, or at times, new structures were built, like the 500-bed
facility at the fairgrounds in Charlotte. I am fairly certain that I've
identified all of the general hospitals in North Carolina in 1861-1865. They
are:
General Hospital No. 1 - Kittrell Springs
General Hospital No. 2 - Wilson
General Hospital No. 3 - Goldsboro
General Hospital No. 4 - Wilmington
General Hospital No. 5 - Wilmington
General Hospital No. 6 - Fayetteville
General Hospital No. 7 - Raleigh
General Hospital No. 8 - Raleigh
General Hospital No. 9 - Salisbury
General Hospital No. 10 - Salisbury
General Hospital No. 11 - Charlotte
General Hospital No. 12 - Greensboro
General Hospital No. 13 - Raleigh
Wayside hospitals
were established next to the railroads, and offered food, along with clean
bandages or medicine to soldiers traveling home on furlough or back to the
army. As of today, my "official" wayside hospital list is:
Wayside Hospital No. 1 - Weldon
Wayside Hospital No. 2 - Greensboro
Wayside Hospital No 3 - Salisbury
Wayside Hospital No. 4 - ?
Wayside Hospital No. 5 - Wilmington
Wayside Hospital No. 6 - Charlotte
Wayside Hospital No. 7 - Tarboro
And then there comes a list of others - places that so far
have not appeared on any list as being official general or wayside hospitals.
This list included:
Goldsboro
Thomasville
High Point
Wake Forest
Raleigh
Maybe Raleigh was
Wayside Hospital No. 4 in the above list. However, I've yet to find anything
that says that in an official capacity.
By the way, the
list above is the most complete list that I know of. It is built from period
newspapers, and from a list that appeared in an article that was in the Confederate Medical and Surgical Journal in 1864.
8 comments:
Where were they buried originally? No, I don't know that yet. Today, many of those remains lie buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Wilson.
Wayside #4 is Goldsboro.
If you have access to Fold3, lookup the Compiled Service Record of L. A. Stith, you will see under his records his assignment to #4 at Goldsboro.
I was hoping to see you at the Bennett Place this past weekend at the event. Hope all is well.
Thanks for the note. I was actually at Zeb Vance this past Saturday. I might try and hook up with the Bennett Place again next year.
By the way - I'll be in Garner on Tuesday evening (August 13, 2013).
One was in golsdboro nc the all female college there was one at goldsboro high school.and of course the harper house..
I seek information pertaining to the Confederate surgeons assigned to the medical facilities at New Bern in March 1862 -- during the period in which the battle occurred there.
For example, the names of several surgeons are of interest -- Dr G.G. Waring, Dr.(FNU) Cronell, Dr. G.G. Waring. There are numerous others there at the time. Thank you for providing the identities of those medical professionals -- or, the possible sources I can check out.
Good afternoon,
I am currently researching info about my grandmom's house. It is located on Oakdale Road in La Grange, NC in Greene County and we have always been told it served as a Civil War hospital of sorts. I'm trying to learn more about it but this was a great lead. I am guessing it's identified as one in Goldsboro. Thank you for the lead!
Lauren - a friend of mine working on a North Carolina hospital book said this: "No, it was definitely not a Confederate Medical Department hospital, nor a NC Medical Department one. LaGrange, which is north of Seven Springs (Whitehall), makes it a possible Foster’s Raid 1862 temporary hospital. 1865: following the battle of Wise’s Forks, GH no. 3 and Way No. 4, were shutdown and relocated to High Point. The Confederates established no temporary hospitals west of Goldsboro. They were all in Raleigh or west along the RR. Confederate wounded from Bentonville went north to Selma to get on the RR heading west toward Raleigh. Union wounded were sent to Goldsboro to the former CS General Hospital. Possible, Union cavalry ventured into that area from New Bern during the war, so it could be a possible field hospital for US cavalry. Another possibility is a Pest House." If you will shoot me a note at mchardy@michaelchardy.com I can put you in contact with him.
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