Court House Hospital
Summary
Letter from E. McArthur, Steward of the 3rd Brigade Hospital in the Court House, thanking the ladies of Hagerstown for their kindness to the sick and wounded soldiers brought from Hancock. He describes their terrible journey (via wagon and canal boat) and says that 7 have since died, some of typhoid. The hospital is about to be consolidated with the Division Hospital in Frederick.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Publication Date: April 9th, 1862
Page/Column: 2D
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Soldiers' Lives
- Hospitals / Relief Associations
- Women and Children
