Jefferson Barracks
Depot, Lemay (south of St. Louis), Missouri.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Lemay (south of St. Louis), Missouri
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Museum
JEFFERSON BARRACKS
Jefferson Barracks, on the Mississippi south of St. Louis, served as a recruitment depot for the North and a military hospital for both sides. The Western Sanitary Commission began its hospital there in 1862, and more than 18,000 soldiers were treated there by the end of the war.
Then
Jefferson Barracks on the Mississippi south of St. Louis served as a recruitment depot for the North and a military hospital for both sides. The Western Sanitary Commission began its hospital there in 1862, which could hold 3,000 patients, and by the end of the war more than 18,000 soldiers had been treated there.
Now
Museum
The grounds hold two St. Louis County parks, an Army and Air National Guard base, Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and a Veterans Affairs hospital. The Missouri Civil War Museum occupies the 1905 Post Exchange and Gymnasium.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Union Pacific.
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