CDV of "Dr. John Thomson Darby" Surgeon, S. Carolina, NYC. Univ. PENN. 1836.1879

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This is a fine CDV of Doctor John Thomson Darby 1836-1879 taken by Rockwood of NYC. In excellent condition. His wife was Mary Cantey (Preston) Darby 1840-1891. Her father was Civil War Confederate Brigadier General John Smith Preston, 1809-1881. Her Grandfather was a US Congressman and Lt Colonel in the Regiment of Light Dragoons in South Carolina. Rich family history.Father: Artemus Thomson Darby (1806-1878)Mother: Margaret Cantey Thomson (1818-1891)- Attended, Mt. Zion Academy, Winnsboro, SC- Attended South Carolina College1856-57 - Attended the Medical College ofSouth Carolina, Charleston, SC1858 - M.D. degree, University ofPennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: SC;thesis: "The Anatomy, Physiology, andPathology of the Supra Renal Capsules")- Interned, St. Joseph Hospital, andPhiladelphia Hospital, Philadelphia, PA06/12/1861 - Mustered in as Surgeon,Hampton Legion07/00/1861 - Surgeon, Hampton Legion[Confederate unit from SC], Bacon RaceChurch, Prince William Co, VA12/31/1861 - Surgeon, Hampton Legion,Occoquan River, VA01/00/1862 - Surgeon, Hampton Legion,Camp Wigfall on the Occoquan River, VA02/17/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, ConfederateStates Army, to rank from 06/11/186102/17/1862 - Ordered to report to theHampton Legion as Surgeon02/26/1862 - Senior Surgeon of Forces on theOccoquan River, VA, Col. W. Hampton commanding02/28/1862 - Senior Surgeon, Col. Hampton'sCavalry, Bacon Race Church, VA04/06/1862 - Senior Surgeon of Forceson the Occoquan River, VA05/31/1862 - Acting Chief Surgeon, Gen. G.W. Smith's Division, Battle of Fair Oaks, VA09/00/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. J. B. Hood'sDivision, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Battlesof Boonsborough [MD] & Sharpsburg [MD]04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon by theConfederate States Senate09/01/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. J. B. Hood'sDivision, Fredericksburg, VA11/11/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. J. B. Hood'sDivision, Richmond, VA11/24/1863 - Ordered to Paris, France,"to carry into effect instructions which hehas received from the Secretary of War" - hewas sent to Europe to procure artificial limbs for Confederate amputees [S.O. 279/15]04/18/1864 - Reported arrival in Richmondafter fulfilling the orders given in S.O. 27904/21/1864 - Ordered to report to Gen. J. E.Johnston, Dalton, GA, for duty withGen. J. B. Hood [S.O. 93/29]05/22/1864 - Lt. Gen. J. B. Hood requestedpermission by telegram to have Dr. Darbyfor duty as Medical Director of his Corps05/31/1864 - Served on Gen. J. B. Hood's staff07/07/1864 - Appointed Medical Directorand assigned to Lt. Gen. A. P. Stewart'sCorps (late Lt. Gen. Polk's Corps), Armyof Tennessee [S.O. 158/4]07/18/1864 - Announced as Medical Director,Army of Mississippi07/28/1864 - Medical Director, Atlanta, GA08/01/1864 - Medical Director, Lt. Gen. A. P.Stewart's Corps, Atlanta, GA09/04/1864 - Ordered "to proceed toRichmond on public business"10/01/1864 - Married, Mary Cantey Preston,Trinity Episcopal Church, Columbia, SC11/04/1864 - "Will resume his duties asMedical Director, Stewart's Corps, relievingSurgeon [Alfred Hunter] Voorhies, who willreturn to his position as Acting Inspector,Army of Tennessee"04/26/1865 - Medical Director, Gen. A. P.Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee05/01/1865 - Paroled, Greensboro, NC1866 - Volunteer surgeon, Austro-PrussianWar, Prussian Army1868 - Chairman, Department of Anatomy andSurgery, University of South Carolina,Columbia, SC1870 - Practiced medicine, Columbia,Richland Co, SC1873 - Professor of Surgical Anatomy,University of New York, New York City, NY1874 - Chairman, Department of Surgery,University of New York, NY06/09/1879 - Died, New York, NY.Emma E. Walling and Anna provided input to this biography.This biographical sketch is from:Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L.,... read more

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