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Hammond General Hospital at Point Lookout

Hammond Hospital was established at Point Lookout in 1862. The staff was a microcosm of A-type personalities that vied for authority. Come to hear their stories and how they all got along…or did they?

In December of 1862, one month after the opening of Hammond Hospital at Point Lookout, there were over 12,000 casualties at Fredericksburg, VA. With a large number of casualties on the Virginia Peninsula and in Northern Virginia, the desperate need for a hospital was confirmed. With the Civil War in full fury, the doctors, nurses, and Daughters of Charity were thrust together to fill this need. 

Presenter Susan Youhn serves on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Point Lookout State Park, and is a member of the Maine Camp Hospital Association, a group of living historians reenacting the various roles of female nurses and relief agents during the Civil War. She lectures frequently on the hospital and is currently compiling a book on the medical facilities at Point Lookout. 

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