Stanley Hospital on Craven Street

Description: A Civil War era photograph capturing a view of Coor-Cook House that served as the Union hospital.
Identifier: NB.2022.60.10
Creator: Unknown
Date: Civil War era
Subject: 19th century New Bern Photography
Spatial: New Bern, North Carolina
Type: Still Image
Format: Reproduction Print.JPG
Language: English
Rights: © New Bern Historical Society. Some rights reserved. See the Rights page for details.
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New Bern Photographers of the 19th Century

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Tom Sheaffer

A GGP of mine and a Union Army Private (Pa 48th Infantry, Company A; #157434), Bernard Wiest, died 1 May 1862 several weeks after his regiment's engagement during the Battle of New Bern, reportedly of typhoid fever on "Craven St G H Newberne, North Carolina." Can I assume he would have been hospitalized at the Coor-Cook House?

Sep 7, 2025

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CurtisK

Per John Green's book, "A New Bern Album" on page 73, the Coor-Cook House was Stanley Hospital during the Union occupation and was the Officer's Ward. Private Weist was most likely not hospitalized there. More likely, Foster General Hospital that was encompassed in that block bounded by Craven-Broad-Middle-New Streets. HTH

Sep 24, 2025

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