Confederate Hospital Marker

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Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Confederate Hospital
Chimborazo 1861-1865

Confederate Hospital Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, February 9, 2009

1. Confederate Hospital Marker

Inscription. Here on this 40-acre plateau the Confederates built Chimborazo Hospital, one of the largest and best known Civil War military hospitals. Its neat rows of pavilion buildings enhanced ventilation and served as a model for many postwar hospitals. None of Chimborazo’s 150 wooden structures exist today.

The large building before you was constructed in 1909 as a federal weather station. It houses the Chimborazo Medical Museum, which tells of the 78,000 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers who passed through the hospital from 1861-1865 – and of Richmond’s many other wartime hospitals.

Erected by Richmond National Battlefield Park – National Park Service.

Location. 37° 31.602′ N, 77° 24.72′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. Marker can be reached from the intersection of North 33rd Street and North 34th Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. This marker is located in front of the Richmond National Battlefield Park Chimborazo Visitor Center in Chimborazo Park. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond VA 23223, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Chimborazo Hospital (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Battle of Bloody Run (about 400 feet away); Strengthen the Arm of Liberty (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Chimborazo Hospital (about 700 feet away); Powhatan Stone (about 700 feet away); "Richmond" (approx. 0.3 miles away); The View That Named The City (approx. 0.3 miles away); Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Richmond.

Richmond National Battlefield Park Chimborazo Visitor Center. Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, February 9, 2009

2. Richmond National Battlefield Park Chimborazo Visitor Center.

More about this marker. On the right is a period photo of Chimborazo Hospital. The photo carries the caption "This 1865 image is one of only two known photographs of Chimborazo Hospital. The site was named for Ecuador’s dormant volcano."

Also see . . .
1. Chimborazo Hospital. Richmond National Battlefield Park (Submitted on February 15, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
2. Civil War Richmond. Information about Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. (Submitted on February 15, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)