MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER

Chimborazo Hospital

Richmond, Virginia
· 1861-1865
Military
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In this park, Dr. James B. McCaw developed for the Confederate States of America a military hospital that was then the largest in human history. It received 17,000 wounded, served more than 76,000 patients, and had a mortality of less than 10%. Dr. McCaw was its commandant and medical director, and Mrs. John Minge was its chief matron.
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