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The Thompson Neely House of Washington Crossing Historic Park was one of the local houses used for medical treatment of sick and convalescing soldiers during the winter campaign of 1776/1777. The use of the home can be considered along the lines of a regimental/brigade hospital as it met a specific need at a specific time and was not set up as a permanent hospital location nor as a hospital to take those with immediate battle wounds. It may be reasoned that it was the hospital attached to Lord Stirling's brigade. (A regimental hospital is not to be confused with a regimental headquarters. No documentation states that Lord Stirling had his headquarters at the Thompson-Neely House.) The home was used prior to Washington's crossing of the Delaware to care for ill soldiers. Some of the soldier's died during the encampment and were buried near the house. A Captain James Moore of the New York artillery is the only known soldier to have been buried there. The total number of soldiers treated and or buried at the home is unknown.www.gmaiphotography.com

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