Do you know if there are any confederate hospital records from Sumter S.C.? My ancestor was Henry W. Ray, Lt. commanding the CSS Indian Chief in Charleston Harbor according to muster rolls. The last one I have is dated Dec. 1864, but he is still commanding as of January 29, 1865, as referenced in a report to Union Brig. Gen. Schimmelfennig about confedederate deserters/informants who had previously served under Captain Ray. He died in Sumter, S.C. on April 22, 1865. His name is not on any list I found with Tucker's Brigade, so I was wondering if anyone might know how he came to be there. If he was put in the Wayside hospital in Charleston (he enlisted from New Orleans), wouldn't he have gone to Columbia hospital? Any help would be so appreciated. Thank you for this site. Any theories and suggestions of resources would be great to.