SC-40-35 Site of Wayside Hospital

Marker text: SITE OF WAYSIDE HOSPITAL

Established March 10, 1862 by a group of Columbia women to care for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. Supported by voluntary contributions. About 75,000 men were cared for before the hospital was closed February 15, 1865. "From this little nucleus spread the grand system of wayside hospitals."

Erected 1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936.

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Location: Gervais St., btw Wayne and Gadsden Sts., Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina

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