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.

MacDougall Hospital
U.S. Army
Geography
LocationFort Schuyler, The Bronx, New York, United States
Organization
Care systemMilitary
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeMilitary
Services
Beds2000
Links
ListsHospitals in New York
Other linksHospitals in The Bronx

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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