Post/Central Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia, Civil War Records

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Post/Central Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia, Civil War Records, A&M 3289, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Creator:
U.S.A. Post/General Hospital at Wheeling, West Virginia
Abstract:
Civil War hospital records from the National Archives. Includes muster and pay roll of the hospital corps employed at the Contraband Camp Hospital at Washington, D.C. (February - August 1863, May - June 1864) and muster roll of steward, wardmaster, cooks, nurses, matrons, detached soldiers, sick, in the hospital of Freedman's Hospital at Washington, D.C. (March - August 1865) Also includes records of the U.S.A. Post/General Hospital at Wheeling, West Virginia: monthly, weekly, and morning reports (June 1864 - October 1865), registers of sick and wounded (November 1864 - September 1865), 'muster rolls of steward, wardmaster, cooks, nurses, matrons, detached soldiers, sick, in the hospital' (April 1864 - June 1865), and two printed pages, 'Directions for Entries in the Register of Sick and Wounded for U.S.A. General Hospital' and 'Classification of Gunshot Wounds'. Muster rolls include information such as name, rank, company, regiment, where and when enlisted, dates of contract, nature of service, pay period, rate of pay, and general remarks. Monthly, weekly, morning reports, and registers of sick and wounded capture the nature of admittance and dismissal from the hospital, including lists of patients diseases, patients who transferred, furloughed, returned to duty, were discharged from service, deserted, or died. Individuals represented in the records of the U.S.A. Post/General Hospital at Wheeling, WV were mostly privates who had enlisted in either West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, or Tennessee. Most were admitted not for wounds inflicted in battle, but for sicknesses such as measles, chronic diarrhea, typhoid fever, or rheumatism.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Post/Central Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia, Civil War Records, A&M 3289, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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