(4-2004) Petersburg National Battlefield: Grant's Headquarters at City Point
 
Depot Field Hospital Site
 
Site currently occupied by John Randolph Medical Hospital (buildings in the background)
 
Of the seven hospitals eventually located at City Point, the Depot Field Hospital was the largest and was able to provide care for 10,000 patients. Surgeon Edward B. Dalton commanded this tremendous operation of 1,200 tents, which blanketed 200 acres. As the weather cooled, 90 log buildings, 20 feet by 50 feet were built to house the wounded, but operations still required that 324 tents remain in use throughout the winter
 
The Depot Field Hospital treated 6,000 patients on an average day and as many as 10,000 on a busy day.

(4-2004) Petersburg National Battlefield: Grant's Headquarters at City Point
 
The confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers

(4-2004) Petersburg National Battlefield: Grant's Headquarters at City Point
 
City Point marker near dock site
 
Interpretive Marker: City Point

(4-2004) Petersburg National Battlefield: Grant's Headquarters at City Point
  
Dock site