- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Confederate States of America, General Hospital No. 4 (Richmond, Va.) ledger and essay, 1863-1864
- Creator:
- General Hospital, No. 4 (Richmond, Va.)
- Publisher:
- [Identification of item], Confederate States of America, General Hospital No. 4 (Richmond, Va.) ledger and essay, MS 171, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1863/1864
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army--Surgeons
Hospitals--Confederate States of America
Medicine--Virginia--Richmond - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- essays
ledgers (account books) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a ledger from General Hospital No. 4, Confederate States of America, in Richmond, Virginia, July 1863-December 1864, and an essay by Dr. James Bond Read, "Report on Wounds of Large Joints," laid inside the front cover of the ledger. Dr. James Bond Read (1827-1903) was a resident of Savannah, Georgia. He served as the surgeon in charge of General Hospital No. 4. The ledger is divided into several sections: provisions purchased and cash account; account with officers for provisions and board; account current; account for provisions; account of contributions; abstract of provisions; commutation of rations for attendants; return of medical and hospital property; clothing issued; and return of clothing. The essay cites some cases treated in the hospital. It is unsigned; Dr. Read was identified as the author through the index included in MS 169, Confederate States of America Army records.
The General Hospital No. 4 of the Confederate States of America was located in Richmond, Virginia. Also known as the Baptist College Hospital and the Richmond College Hospital, it was taken over by the CSA in 1862 for operations on soldiers with joint injuries.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ghs0171-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0171-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Confederate States of America, General Hospital No. 4 (Richmond, Va.) ledger and essay, MS 171, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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