Our history

Civil War troops on hospital lawn, 1862-1865.

A proposition was made to the Surgeon-General, U.S.A., through the Secretary of the Society, tendering the use of the Hospital for sick and wounded soldiers. A contract was made to furnish all medicine, medical and surgical attendance, rations and quarters for the sum of $3.50 per week for each soldier received into the Hospital.

It was voted that a Committee be appointed to solicit subcriptions in money, beds, bedding, hospital stores &c., in this city and the adjoining towns, for the purposes of assisting the managers of the Hospital in providing for the sick and wounded soldiers who may be sent here under contract with the War Department.

At a special meeting held October 12th, 1862, it was voted to lease a portion of the grounds to the General Government for the use of a Military Hospital.

Source: Annual Report, 1862

Editor's note: The federal government's lease of the hospital from 1862-65 necessitated the relocation of civilian patient services off-site to a private home converted for that purpose.

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