The National tribune., 1903-04-16

United States Engineer Battalion from
Willets Point, which took part in the
Inauguration of President Lincoln, occu-
pied this building from time to time.'
In 1862. eight frame wards fronting on
Seventh street were erected, and these.
with the buildings. We're known as the
Armory Square Hospital the whole be-
ing under the direction of DIR. ID. w. Bliss
then Surgeon of Michigan regiment, who
afterward became famous as Surgeon-in-
Chief in charge of President Garfield dur
ing his last illness. DIR. Bliss was suc-
ceeded by DIR. C. G.. Bryne ard Dr. G. A.
Leale. Ia
LINCOLN AND EMORY HOSPITALS.
Two of the most commodious hospital
structures in the District were the Emory
Hospital. about one mile east of the Capt.
tol. in the vicinity of the Aims House and
Congressional Cemetery. and the Lincoln
Hospital, also in that neighborhood.
The former was opened in September.
1862 and continued until July. 1865, under
the direction of Drs. n. II. Mosely, w.
L. Waters. Lincoln Hospital contained
% wards or more. arranged Ell echelOn.
Upon its opening Surgeon Henry Bryant
was in charge, and he was succeeded by
DIR. G. S. Palmer, Harrison Allen. Robert
Bartholomew. j. Cooper Mckee and
Webster Lindsey.
On the farm of W. w. Corcoran. on
Seventh street road. nea;. Soldiers Home.
was located Hardwood, makeshift Of
frame wards and tents. Its period of
service was from September, 1862, to
May, 1866. under the successive charge of
Surgeon +. Il. Mitchell, list Nd; DIR.
Thomas Antisell and DIR. Robert Il.
Rontecon.
On Boundary street, at the northern
limit of Fifth and Sixth streets n. W.,
Surgeon Jcdidiah II. Baxter. U. S. ".
opened what was known as the Campbell
Hospital, and continued in charge of it
for n year. He was succeeded DIR. A
F. Selden, Z. S. ", who then remained
until the hospital was closed in July. 1865.
the buildings being transferred to the
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, etc, and
opened as Freedmen's Hospital.
The square between II and I and Sec
ond and Third streets n. W. was occupied
by the Stanton Hospital from December.
1862. to October, 1865. Drs. J. A Lidel.
q. A. Miersck and b. B. Wilson were
the Surgeons in the order named.
North of Boundary street. on the Blad-
ensburg Road. near Kendall Green. were
Il number of wards, supplemented by of
flee buildings and tents. designated as the
Finley Hospital. in charge, from July,
1862, to 1865. of Drs. Il. A. Bradley, Jr.,
and G. l.. Pancoast.
HOSPITALS IN ALEXANDRIA.
Below are given the buildings used as
hospitals in Alexandria, with their loca-
ton: Bayne's residence. Water and King
streets; Bellhaven Female Institute. Queen
and st. Asaph streets: Mrs. Beverley's,
Washington between Oronoco and Prin-
cess streets; building on Cameron street
near Water street; Grace Church, Patrick
street: Friends Meeting House, st. Asaph
and Wolfe streets; Methodist Episcopal
Church South; Second Presbyterian
Church: st. -PauTs Episcopal Church;
Commissary Hospital, Prince street: Mrs.
Daingerfeld's. Wolfe and Pitt streets;
Female Boarding School, Washington be-
tween Green and Cameron streets: w. H.
Fowle's residence; Il. Hallowelrs resi-
dence; J. s. Hallowell's Female Seminary;
Rev. ]. T. Johnson's, Prince street near
Columbus; L'Ouverture, Washington and
Prince streets; Lyceum. Washington and
Prince streets; Mansion House. McVeigh's
residence. st. Asaph and Cameron streets,
and T. Il. RobertsOn's residence, Prince
and Columbia streets.
have endeavored to give in brief and
condensed form some Of the most i'm
portant hospitals in operation at various
periods during the war. Such as have
been omitted are herewith subjoined:
There was United States Army Hos
pital in the lexington or Gales Mansion.
on the east side of the Bladensburg Road.
Among the general hospitals may be
enumerated Ebenezer (Ebenezer church,;
Ricord. same as Desmarre's; and Giesboro
at Giesboro Point, d. G.
POST HOSPITALS.
Among the Post Hospitals were: Camp
Stoneman Cavalry depot at GiesborO
Point; Martindale Barracks, at intersec-
tion OF Pennsylvania and New Hampshire
Avenues and Twenty-third street, running
to Twenty-second and streets; Rush Bar
| racks, in White House grounds, south of
Executive Mansion; Reynolds Barracks.
Executive Mansion; Camp Fry, same as
Martindale Barracks; Sedgwick's Barracks,
| between Eighteenth and Nineteenth NJ
and N streets; Sherburne Barracks, First
and q streets s. E., at the intersection OF
North Carolina and New Jersey avenues:
Russell. same as Sherburne; Wisewell,