Armory Square General Hospital orders, correspondence, and printed matter, 1862-1869.

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Armory Square General Hospital orders, correspondence, and printed matter, 1862-1869.

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Consists of booklet of local orders issued to the Hospital, one published and two typewritten articles about the Hospital, the order to close the Hospital and one issue of the Armory Square Hospital gazette (1865).

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Armory Square Hospital (Washington, D.C.)

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A system of general hospitals to serve Union wounded soldiers was promoted by the U.S. Army's Sanitary Commission in 1861. Their purpose was to provide extended medical care in established hospitals to casualties evacuated from battlefield medical facilities. The District of Columbia was the most concentrated center for general hospitals, supporting 25 to 28 institutions. Of these, Armory Square General Hospital was one of the largest. Established in the summer of 1862, it was located on 7th str...