1861
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Events
- Founded in July, the Charlottesville General Hospital comprised some 500 beds distributed among various buildings in town and at the University of Virginia, including the Rotunda, portions of The Lawn, and on Carr's Hill.[1]
- July 13 – Civil War: By proclamation of Virginia Governor John Letcher, the entire regiment of officers and men of Captain John J. Johnson's Company, 12th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Virginia Militia was called out with orders to rendezvous at Charlottesville. In 1859, all of the men in the company joined the Confederate army at the beginning of the Civil War. [2]