Government Hospital - 1864

Southwest American Dec 18, 1891 Encyclopedia of Arkansas After being treated in nearby homes and a church following the December 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove, Confederate casualties were taken to a hospital in Cane Hill (Washington County), most likely in the Cane Hill College building. The hospital remained there until March 1863, when Union officials ordered it closed; its patients were moved to Fort Smith (Sebastian County) following accusations that the hospital was being used as a base for Rebel spies.