Visited: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Because the Civil War never really got into the city of Richmond, this park is an interesting amalgamation of battle sites outside the city and one hospital complex inside the city. Among the sites outside the city are Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor - the latter being a prelude to the siege of Petersburg. (And, if I recall correctly, the former being a scenario in the game Battle Cry.) But the site of the hospital - everything was torn down in the decade after the US Civil War, so it's really just a re-use of a building that happened to have been built there (as a weather station) later - is interesting, if a bit disturbing. There are only two photos of the hospital, so the model of the hospital is far and away the best way to get a feel for what once was there.
I am very thankful not to have grown up living with mid-19th century medicine...
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