Richland County · Marker 40-35
Site of Wayside Hospital
700 block of Gervais St., Columbia
Front inscription
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."