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File:Campbell Hospital near Washington, D.C. MET DP70742.jpg, General view of the Campbell Hospital during the Civil
File:Campbell Hospital, Washington, D.C LCCN2012650257.jpg, The Garden at Campbell Hospital
The hospital was opened in September 1862 but did not receive most of its patients until in December 1862.
The hospital was built with 900 beds. In the Census of the General Hospitals, Department of Washington of December 17, 1864, only 633 beds were occupied.
It was very similar to the other hospitals, though it differed by having a theater offering nightly entertainment to patients. This feature led to the Hospital almost becoming the scene of the
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hospital which operated from September 1862 to July 20, 1865, in northwest Washington, D.C.
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Location
The hospital was located on Boundary Street NW (now Florida Avenue NW) between 5th Street NW and 6th Street NW.History
The hospital was opened in September 1862 but did not receive most of its patients until in December 1862.
The hospital was built with 900 beds. In the Census of the General Hospitals, Department of Washington of December 17, 1864, only 633 beds were occupied.
It was very similar to the other hospitals, though it differed by having a theater offering nightly entertainment to patients. This feature led to the Hospital almost becoming the scene of the Lincoln assassination
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Shot in the hea ...
. John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth ...
was informed that President Lincoln would be attending a performance of ''Still Waters Run Deep'' on March 17, 1865. He arranged for an ambush in a rush. Upon arriving at the location, a carriage approached, but it was not Abraham Lincoln on board. It could have been Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States who attended the show. President Lincoln's schedule had been changed and he was meeting with a group of Indiana soldiers instead. The assassination plot was postponed and took place on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in August 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater bo ...
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Freedman's Hospital
In 1862, Camp Barker was established by the War Department at 12th Street NW and R Street NW. It was renamed to the Freedmen's Hospital in 1863. It moved to the Campbell General Hospital in January 1865 when the one story building was razed and later that year, it was placed under the Freedmen's Bureau. Freedman General Hospital had 72 beds which were full in 1864.Howard University: the First Hundred Years, 1867-1967 by Rayford W. Logan – page 40-41 The hospital was reported empty in July 1865.See also
* Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War *Medicine in the American Civil War
The state of medical knowledge at the time of the Civil War was extremely primitive. Doctors did not understand infection, and did little to prevent it. It was a time before antiseptics, and a time when there was no attempt to maintain sterility du ...
* Armory Square Hospital
* Lincoln Hospital
* Mount Pleasant General Hospital
Mount Pleasant General Hospital was a Union Civil War hospital in northwest Washington, D.C., which operated from March 28, 1862, to August 10, 1865.
Location
The hospital was located on Meridian hill, east of 14th Street NW, North of Stone Gen ...
* Harewood General Hospital
Harewood General Hospital was one of several purpose-built pavilion style hospitals operating in the Washington, D.C., area during the American Civil War, Civil War which rendered care to Union (American Civil War), Union military personnel. A pur ...
* Finley General Hospital
* Lincoln assassination
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, while attending the play ''Our American Cousin'' at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Shot in the hea ...
* Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
References
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