This church was known as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South when the Union occupied it in January, 1862. The church was occupied because of the congregation’s Southern sympathies. According to the church archives, the upstairs sanctuary became a hospital and the first floor became a stable.

The church was returned to the congregation in 1865 and reopened for use in October of that year, after major repairs. A new façade was constructed in the 1870s. The Federal government paid $3,680 in Civil War reparations in 1915.

• Union seized and used churches as Civil War hospitals based on ideology, Out of the Attic, May 4, 2017.

Image 1: 

• Title: Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church, ca. 1862-1863
• Image Source: Washington Street Methodist Church Archives
• Image Date: ca. 1862-1863
• Medium: Photography
• Rights Advisory: Reproduced with permission, Washington Street Methodist Church

Image 2:

• Title: Washington Street Methodist Church
• Image Source: U.S. National Archives 
• Image Date: ca. 1860-1865 
• Medium: photograph 
• National Archives Rights Advisory: Unrestricted. 

Image 3:

• Title: Receipt for medicines, hospital stores, bedding &c., used at the Methodist Church Hospital
• Image Source: Washington Street Methodist Church
• Rights Advisory: Reproduced with permission, Washington Street Methodist Church

Several hospitals are shown on this Quartermaster Map.

The building, at 115 S. Washington Street, continues to house the Washington Street United Methodist Church. 

• Google Maps. See the location today
• Civil War Hospitals Map. See location of the hospital in relation to others
• Union Hospitals in Alexandria. Return to main page
• Alexandria Civil War Hospitals. Walking Tour Brochure