Commercial Ave. and Central St., Mound City, Illinois. County/parish: Pulaski.
Removed from the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 2019. NRIS 74002285.
1 contributing building.
The Mound City Civil War Naval Hospital was a naval hospital in Mound City, Illinois, used by the United States Navy during the Civil War. The hospital was established in 1861 in an existing brick building claimed by the U.S. government. It became one of the largest Union hospitals in the western states during the war.
Treatment at the hospital was led by Catholic nurses from Indiana. In addition to Union soldiers, the hospital also treated Confederate soldiers and freed slaves.
The hospital was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974. It has since been demolished.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893919