Mr. Lake,
I am not familiar with Oliver Hospital. I looked through three references and did not find a reference to Oliver Hospital specifically.
"Doctors in Gray: The Confederate Medical Service," by Horace Herndon Cunningham.
"Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee," by R. Glenna Lein-Schroeder.
"Two Confederate Hospitals and Their Patients: Atlanta to Opelika," by Jack D. Welsh.
However, check the link below for the records you are referring to for Troup County Archives. They have purchased these records but I am not sure if it is in total of just selected material.
http://www.trouparchives.org/man/ms200506.htm
Box 2
Folder
5 Oliver Hospital, LaGrange
James E. Bratten, Surgeon
Patients, Property, Personnel Reports
(January 1863-February 1864)
p. 61, 63, 65, 67 Morning Reports of LaGrange Hospitals
p. 69 Letter from J. R. Bratten returning from leave and
assuming duties
6 Oliver Hospital, LaGrange
Ira Williams, Surgeon
Patients, Property, Personnel Reports
(February - July 1864)
7-8 Certificates of Disability, LaGrange
(June - August 1864)
Folder 7, pp. 80-89 Two sets of pages numbered 80-89. Second set was given
an "A" for transcription
Folder 8, p. 74 Letter stating surgeon William Jones disqualified for field service
p. 80 Duplicate of Folder 8, p. 78
p. 82 Duplicate of Folder 8, p. 76
9-10 Hospital Reports and Correspondence, LaGrange
(September 1863-November 1864)
Box 3
Folder
11 Hospital Reports and Correspondence, LaGrange
(September 1863-August 1864)
14 Reports of Blind School Hospital, Macon and Oliver Hospital, LaGrange
(March 1864 - August 1864)
Generally speaking, the General Hospital system would first requisition existing permanant facilities and use tents or other temporarily structures as a backup. The Army of Tennessee's system, headed by Samuel H. Stout, was probably the best and especially given that it had to relocated the entire hospital and casualties several times. "Confederate Hospitals on the Move" does a good job looking at the challenges that this created.
I would beg to differ with your assessement on wanting them to be my primary care provider. The doctors, nurses, and other health care givers of the time in those hospitals were likely the most experienced of the time. Sanitation was an evolving concept and Louis Pasteur's first successful germ theory experiment was not until April 1862 in France. His theory would put the first nail in the coffin of the belief in spontaneous generation. My wife and I often joke about if we could travel back in time when would we like to go back to. Mine is on the north end of Missionary Ridge on 25 NOV 1863. Her's is anytime after the advent of antibiotics...not before.
I hope this helps.
Respectfully,
Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html