Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital - Mound City, IL
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YoSam.
N 37° 05.063 W 089° 09.707
16S E 307853 N 4106419
This building was a machine shop when I visited.
Waymark Code: WMVCPT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2017
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County of building: Pulaski County
Location of building: Commerce Ave & Center Ave., Mound City
"Mound City was the location of one of the largest Civil War hospitals in the western campaign. Even though no major battles were fought in the two cities, they received dead and wounded soldiers from Battles in Belmont, Commerce and Reed’s Point in Missouri; Fort Donelson and Shiloh in Tennessee; Fort Holt, Paducah and Columbus in Kentucky.
"I was disappointed to learn that this brick building is all that’s left of what was described as one of the best administered of the military general hospitals." ~ Cape Girardeau History and Photos
"One of the warehouses built by the Emporium Company was converted into the
Mound City Naval Hospital in 1861. In October 1861 the first of a contingent of Holy
Cross nuns reported to General Grant at Cairo, and several of them served throughout the
war as nurses at the hospital and on board the Red Rover."
~ Mound City, Illinois