Mount Jackson in Shenandoah County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Confederate Hospital

Confederate Hospital Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 25, 2006

1. Confederate Hospital Marker

Inscription. The Confederate Hospital was established at Mount Jackson under the direction of Dr. Andres Russell Meem by order of the Confederate Medical Department in Richmond, Virginia about September 15, 1861. Dr. Meem, a native of the area, was a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania Medical College.

Dr. Meem, on a visit to Harrisonburg February 26, 1865, became ill with an unknown ailment and died at the age of 41.

The hospital consisted of three two-story buildings, 150 feet long, accommodating up to 500 patients. A cemetery was established across the Valley Pike on the west side of land belonging to Colonel Levi Rinker.

In the Summer of 1865, the 192nd Ohio Volunteer militia tore down the hospital and built a large village, including a courthouse, guardhouse, ballroom and gallows, at Rude's hill, three miles south of Mount Jackson. Federal occupation forces used these buildings throughout the Reconstruction period. When Reconstruction ended in 1875, the structures were removed.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is February 26, 1860.

Location. 38° 45.302′ N, 78° 38.069′ W. Marker is in Mount Jackson, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. It

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is on Main Street (U.S. 11) south of Nelson Street (Local Route 1314). It is in the Our Soldiers Cemetery, behind the UDC statue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Jackson VA 22842, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: To All Confederates (a few steps from this marker); Our Soldiers’ Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Confederate Hospital (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Mt. Jackson General Hospital, CSA (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (within shouting distance of this marker); Moore House 1872 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mount Jackson (approx. 0.6 miles away); 5855 Gospel Street (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Jackson.

Other markers no longer nearby. Mt. Jackson General Hospital, CSA (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mount Jackson General Hospital, CSA (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . A Listing Of Confederate Soldiers Buried In Our Soldiers Cemetery. Neale and Kathy Clifton, Clifton's Collectables Genealogy, June 20, 2010. (Submitted on May 17, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)