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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"; soldier 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; soldier 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; soldier 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"; soldier 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"; soldier 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"; soldier 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"; soldier 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

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