MacDougall Hospital

MacDougall Hospital was a U.S. Army military hospital located at Fort Schuyler in New York City before and during the American Civil War.

It had a capacity of 2000 beds. In October 1863, the hospital was "to be removed without delay"; it was one of the oldest of the U.S. military hospitals. During the Civil War, about 16% of its patients were lost by desertion and failure to return from furlough.[1]

In the Fall of 1864, the hospital housed 1600 patients.[2]

References

  1. ↑ See: a "post history" for Fort Schuyler on NARA microfilm M903 reel 4; Brooklyn Eagle, October 22, 1863, p. 3; and History of Fort Schuyler, http://us.geocities.com/twentiethnyva/schuyler.
  2. ↑ New York Times, November 19, 1864, p. 8.

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Coordinates: 40°45′46″N 73°57′58″W / 40.76270°N 73.96605°W / 40.76270; -73.96605


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