Antietam Medical Personnel Database
This is a crowdsourcing database project about Civil War surgeons, stewards, nurses, and other medical personnel who served at the Battle of Antietam. If you have a name and information on a surgeon for our database, you can submit it here.
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Antietam Medical Personnel
| wdt_ID | Battle | Last Name | First Name and Middle Initial | Rank/ Role | Regiment/ Assoc | Hospital | Service Start Date | Service End Date | Comments | Sources | Link to Full Bio | Link to Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antietam | Howard | Benjamin | Surgeon | US Medical Staff | Susan Hoffman Farm; Pry House | 05/22/1861 | 12/28/1864 | Was assisting Jonathan Letterman at Pry; born in England | "Medical and Surgical History"; Letterman "Medical Recollections"; soldier database; "As Grain Falls" | https://www.civilwarmed.org/benjamin-howard/ | |
| 2 | Antietam | Letterman | Jonathan | Medical Director | Army of the Potomac | 06/29/1849 | 12/22/1864 | In charge of Union medical services | "Medical and Surgical History"; Letterman "Medical Recollections"; soldier database | |||
| 3 | Antietam | McGuire | Hunter Holmes | Surgeon | CS Medical Staff | Smith Farm (W. end of Sharpsburg) | 07/15/1861 | 4/1865 | Stonewall Jackson's surgeon | Schildt, "Hunter Holmes McGuire"; soldier database | ||
| 4 | Antietam | Baruch | Simon | Surgeon | CS Medical Staff | Disciples Church, Boonsboro | 04/01/1861 | 4/1865 | Mainly treated wounded from South Mountain | Ward, "Simon Baruch"; soldiers database | ||
| 5 | Antietam | Chapel | Artemus | Medical Director | US Medical Staff, 12th Corps | 05/01/1862 | 10/1/1865 | 12th Corps Division Hospital located on George Bushman Farm | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; Duncan, "Medical Department" list; soldiers database | |||
| 6 | Antietam | Church | William Henry | Surgeon | US Medical Staff, 9th Corps | Rohrbach Farm; Jacob Miller; Otto Farm; Crystal Spring | 08/03/1861 | 10/26/1863 | Resigned October 1863; died 1866; photo in Lenox Library | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; Duncan, "Medical Department" list; soldiers database | http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=11545 | |
| 7 | Antietam | Allen | George A. | Hospital Steward | 76 NY | Keedysville Reformed Church | 01/15/1862 | 4/7/1863 | Discharged for disability; Pension application # 39,422 NARA | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; soldiers database; Time-Life "Voices of Antietam" | ||
| 8 | Antietam | Humphreys | George H. | Surgeon | 9 NY, Division Surgeon | Crystal Spring | 05/04/1861 | 5/20/1863 | Consolidated the wounded at Crystal Spring | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; soldiers database | ||
| 9 | Antietam | Kendall | Albert A. | Surgeon | 12 MA | 04/29/1862 | 9/17/1862 | Killed at Antietam while treating a soldier | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; Letterman "Medical Recollections"; soldiers database | |||
| 10 | Antietam | Parran | William Sellman | Assistant Surgeon | 13 VA, CS Artillery | 05/22/1861 | 9/17/1862 | Killed at Antietam while serving an artillery piece (possibly serving in the line, not as a surgeon) | Schildt, "Antietam Hospitals"; soldiers database | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20788619/william-sellman-parran | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20788619/william-sellman-parran | |
| Battle | Last Name | First Name and Middle Initial | Rank/ Role | Regiment/ Assoc | Hospital | Service Start Date | Service End Date | Comments | Sources | Link to Full Bio | Link to Photos |