The Seminary Hospital
Summary
The Seminary Hospital has been closed and the soldiers who were still patients have been relocated to the Smoketown Hospital in the southern part of the county. Other patients were discharged or sent to their regiments. A large number of maimed soldiers were sent to their homes from the Smoketown Hospital and a group of 7 men who had each lost a leg at Antietam were seen waiting at the train depot to return home without any money for the journey. The article states that the Army is in arrears in paying most of the soldiers. A new bill was just passed authorizing $100 million in legal tender to pay the army and navy.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light
Publication Date: January 21st, 1863
Page/Column: 2B
Town: Hagerstown, MD
County: Washington
Subjects
- Hospitals / Relief Associations
