Carver General Hospital (Washington, D.C.) records, 1864-1865

Summary

Creator:

Sweet, Orlando P., 1838-1872

Abstract:

The Carver Hospital records contain entries for admissions and surgery performed during the last year of the Civil War.

Extent:

218 pages

Language:

English

Sponsor:

James S. Schoff Civil War Collection

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Manuscripts Division

Background

Scope and Content:

The Carver Hospital records include terse entries for admissions and surgery performed during the last year of the war.

Biographical / Historical:

Born in Richmond, Vt., in 1838, Dr. Orland P. Sweet appears to have served as a surgeon at Carver Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. Carver was one of numerous hospitals established in the capital to deal with the flood tide of war casualties from the front. Sweet died in Lowell, Vt., on June 8, 1872.

Acquisition Information:

Donated 1977. M-1782 .

Custodial History:

The Carver Hospital records were preserved in the family of Dr. Orlando Sweet until their donation to the Clements Library.

There is no information in the volume identifying the hospital, however M[ichael] H. Barclay, Co. K, 7th New York Artillery, appears in an entry on page 109. In Pfisterer's compendium of Civil War regiments from New York, Barclay is recorded as having died at Carver.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

Formats:

Hospital records.

Names:

Carver General Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
Sweet, Orlando P., 1838-1872.