Mower General Hospital

Mower General Hospital
Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1864
Site information
Controlled byUnion Army
Site history
Built1862
Built byJohn McArthur Jr. (designer)
In useJanuary 1863 through May 1865
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Mower General Hospital was one of the largest Federal military hospitals during the American Civil War. Located across from the Reading Railroad depot in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, it operated from January 1863 through May 1865, and was closed with the cessation of the war.

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