The city of Richmond, capital of the Confederacy and primary
target of Union campaigns, was also the central destination for
thousands of Confederate soldiers wounded on the battlefields of
Virginia during the Civil War. Realizing that a long war and
thousands more casualties lay ahead, Southern leaders ordered
the construction of five general hospitals in Richmond. The
largest of these was Chimborazo. Today the Chimborazo Medical
Museum houses a collection of equipment used by the doctors and
nurses who tended to the soldiers of the Confederacy. Exhibits
include a 17 minute film and a diorama of the hospital. Last
Updated: 12/21/2011 10:43 AM