After lunch we drove to an area where a hospital, Chimborazo, was built during the Civil War. It opened in 1861 and covered more than 40 acres and operated nearly 100 wards (individual buildings) grouped into 5 divisions. Each ward housed up to 32 patients, giving the hospital a capacity of more than 3000 patients. Every division had its own laundry, kitchen and bathhouse and a central bakery and serviced the entire facility. It was one of the best equipped as well as one of the largest. More than 76,000 Confederate sick and wounded were treated here. It had only a 20% mortality rate which was quite good in terms of 19th century medicine. The pictures is original and not very good so we have included a map of the area.