Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Civil War & Slavery
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acwh010
IDEntry
2659
Creator
Text - Albert Feldstein
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Coverage
Allegany County, Maryland
Body
During the Civil War (1861-1865), it was Mary Esther Townsend who suggested that the Clarysville Inn be used as a United States Government Hospital. Her husband, Dr. Morris Miller Townsend, was instrumental in having this accomplished and served as the first hospital superintendent.
Notes
Postcard of the Clarysville Inn when a Union hospital during the Civil War. Property of Al Feldstein
See also Antietam National Cemetery which lists those Union soldiers who died in Clarysville, and were buried at Antietam.