Chimborazo Hospital
1861-1865
In this park Dr. James B. McCaw developed for the Confederate States of America a military hospital which was then the largest in human history. It received 17,000 wounded, served more than 76,000 patients, and had a mortality of less than 10%. Dr. McCaw was its commandant and medical director, Mrs. John Minge its chief matron.
Erected by Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Richmond, Virginia, June 3, 1953
Marker is at the intersection of North 32nd Street and East Broad Street, on the right when traveling north on North 32nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
