Site of Wayside Hospital (S4)
N 33° 59.939 W 081° 02.433
17S E 496255 N 3762043
A Civil War hospital was operated here.
Waymark Code: WM8YDR
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2010
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Established March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by voluntary contributions. About 75,000 men were cared for before the hospital was closed February 15, 1865. "From this little nucleus spread the grand system of wayside hospitals."
1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-35.)
Marker Name: Site of Wayside Hospital
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: S4 or 40-35
County: Richland
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