MacDougall Hospital

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1026 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA

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N40° 45' 45.72" W73° 57' 57.78"   (40.7627, -73.96605) Start navigation »

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MacDougall Hospital was a U.S. Army military hospital located at Fort Schuyler in New York City before and during the American Civil War.
It had a capacity of 2000 beds. In October 1863, the hospital was "to be removed without delay"; it was one of the oldest of the U.S. military hospitals. During the Civil War, about 16% of its patients were lost by desertion and failure to return from furlough.
In the Fall of 1864, the hospital housed 1600 patients.

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