Harwood's Factory
Information about General Hospital #24/Harwood's Factory in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.
Harwood's Factory functioned as both a hospital (General Hospital #24) and a prison during the Civil War.
General Hospital #24 was also called Moore's Hospital, Harwood's Hospital, and North Carolina hospital. It was formerly the tobacco factory of George D. Harwood which was a three-storied, flat-roofed, brick building.
The hospital was opened in the summer of 1861 and first used for Union prisoners. It had a capacity over 120. with 30 employees. It was taken over by North Carolina on July 29, 1864. Rosa Lee Sanxay was the matron and Dr. Otis Frederick Manson was the surgeon-in-charge.
General Hospital #24 was located on the southwest corner of 26th and Main Streets.
From Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond by Robert W. Waitt, Jr., Official Publication #22 Richmond Civil War Centennial committee, Richmond, Virginia 1964.
Images of General Hospital #24
Statistics of General Hospital #24, 9/1862 - 9/1864 (RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 151, p. 31)
Records of General Hospital #24 in the National Archives
Written Accounts
1863-07-16, National Archives; Summary of William Liggan file, M346
1863-08-03, National Archives, RG 109, Ch. VI; Apportionment of Genl. Hospls. in Dept. Henrico
1863-08-10, Richmond Sentinel; list of hospitals in Richmond and to which hospitals soldiers from the various states are sent
1863-12-01, Richmond Sentinel; Soldier's Guide (list of hospitals)
1864-01-04, Richmond Enquirer; list of hospitals in Richmond, and to which hospitals soldiers various states are sent.
1864-02-20, Richmond Sentinel; hospital list; temporary closing of Winder, Howard's Grove, and General Hospital #1
1864-05-18, National Archives RG 109, Ch. 6, Vol. 337, p. 5; note to GH#9 that General Hospital #24 has been opened for certain cases of North Carolina patients
1864-07-07, Richmond Dispatch; list of hospitals open in Richmond, and surgeons in charge
1864-07-21, Richmond Whig; Dr. O. F. Manson's house was broken into by a slave and robbed of 400 pounds of bacon