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In 1861, Confederate authorities converted the New Bern Academy from a school to a hospital. The U.S. Army commandeered the structure to care for the wounded almost immediately after defeating Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862. Casualties were first moved here from temporary quarters on March 19. Ten days later, a newspaper reported that “the General Hospital at Academy Green is full of severely wounded men, and those who have undergone amputation. Two houses opposite [across the street] are filled with wounded rebel prisoners under charge of their own surgeons.” Academy Green Hospital also treated victims of spinal men-ingitis, smallpox, and yellow fever. It served as a general hospital in conjunction with the Masonic Lodge and other nearby structures. By the end of the war, the build-ings constituted a part of New Bern’s larger Foster General Hospital. NEW BERN ACADEMY ★ ★ ★ From School to Hospital Academy Green Hospital looking northwest, ca. 1862. – Courtesy UNC North Carolina Collection New Bern Academy was the first school established by law in North Carolina (1766). Fire destroyed the original building in 1795, and this Federal-style structure was erected by 1810. At first, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel subsidized the teachers, who had to be Anglican Church members. Before it became a graded public school, the Academy adhered to the Lancasterian system developed by an English-man, Joseph Lancaster. Students were grouped by level of achievement rather than by age, and a pupil who had been promoted to a higher level led each class. The Academy’s role as a school ended in 1972. Academy Green Hospital looking northeast, ca. 1862. – Courtesy UNC North Carolina Collection
Object Description
Title | New Bern Academy: From school to hospital |
Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. |
Date | 2004 |
Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 New Bern (N.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
Place |
Craven County, North Carolina, United States New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States |
Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
Rights | May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/; |
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Pres File Name-M | gen_cw_newbernacademy |
Full Text | In 1861, Confederate authorities converted the New Bern Academy from a school to a hospital. The U.S. Army commandeered the structure to care for the wounded almost immediately after defeating Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862. |
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Title | Marker: New Bern Academy: From school to hospital |
Creator |
Civil War Trails, Inc. |
Date | 2004 |
Subjects |
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 New Bern (N.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
Place |
Craven County, North Carolina, United States New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States |
Time Period |
(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
Publisher | Civil War Trails, Inc. |
Rights | May be copyrighted. Submit permissions requests for further use to Civil War Trails, Inc http://www.civilwartrails.org/; |
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Text |
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English |
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Information signs |
Digital Characteristics-A | 115 KB; |
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Civil War Collection |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
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All |
Pres File Name-M | gen_cw_newbernacademy.pdf |
Full Text | In 1861, Confederate authorities converted the New Bern Academy from a school to a hospital. The U.S. Army commandeered the structure to care for the wounded almost immediately after defeating Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern on March 14, 1862. Casualties were first moved here from temporary quarters on March 19. Ten days later, a newspaper reported that “the General Hospital at Academy Green is full of severely wounded men, and those who have undergone amputation. Two houses opposite [across the street] are filled with wounded rebel prisoners under charge of their own surgeons.” Academy Green Hospital also treated victims of spinal men-ingitis, smallpox, and yellow fever. It served as a general hospital in conjunction with the Masonic Lodge and other nearby structures. By the end of the war, the build-ings constituted a part of New Bern’s larger Foster General Hospital. NEW BERN ACADEMY ★ ★ ★ From School to Hospital Academy Green Hospital looking northwest, ca. 1862. – Courtesy UNC North Carolina Collection New Bern Academy was the first school established by law in North Carolina (1766). Fire destroyed the original building in 1795, and this Federal-style structure was erected by 1810. At first, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel subsidized the teachers, who had to be Anglican Church members. Before it became a graded public school, the Academy adhered to the Lancasterian system developed by an English-man, Joseph Lancaster. Students were grouped by level of achievement rather than by age, and a pupil who had been promoted to a higher level led each class. The Academy’s role as a school ended in 1972. Academy Green Hospital looking northeast, ca. 1862. – Courtesy UNC North Carolina Collection |