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Re: Confederate hospital in Bristol
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Eric Richardson <[log in to unmask]>
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Robert,
According to Bristol's website,
 http://www.visitbristoltnva.org/civil-war-in-bristol
<http://www.visitbristoltnva.org/civil-war-in-bristol> the
Exchange Hotel was a Confederate Hospital.  Since the Railroads were state
chartered before the War, Bristol was a logical choice because it is in two
states.
http://www.tricities.com/archives/article_a39b79b7-7e20-534c-9941-589f11c16553.html
provides
specific information on the Exchange Hotel.
I hope this helps,
Eric

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Robert Vejnar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am assisting a researcher who is trying to locate sources that could
> help him in his search to confirm that the Exchange Hotel in Bristol was
> used as a Confederate hospital during the war.  He has located the
> Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal (1864) which includes
> Bristol in the list of hospital sites, but it doesn't say anything about
> what building was used as the actual hospital.  I have found an obituary in
> the 4 March 1864 Abingdon Virginian which states a Wilson P. McReynolds of
> the 21st Va. Cavalry died "in the Hospital at Bristol, Va., on the 15th day
> of Dec., 1863", but it doesn't say the hotel was being used as a hospital.
>
> The researcher has found a statement in Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
> Counties (1887) that claims that the Exchange Hotel was a Confederate
> hospital, but he's looking for a more contempory source.  He's also going
> to examine the Bristol Southern Advocate newspaper (microfilm,March
> 1862-March 1863) to see if he can find any references.  If anyone knows of
> additional primary sources that could be consulted please let us know.
>  Thanks.
>
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Eric J. Richardson
Master's of Arts in History
Master's of Arts Candidate in English
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC 27707
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the next seven generations."
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