George N. Holmes – Confederate Surgeon

Confederate Surgeon George N. Holmes Courtesy of F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.
Confederate Surgeon George N. Holmes Courtesy of F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D.

Born: ca. 1821, in Daviess County, Kentucky

Served: Assistant Surgeon and Chief Hospital Surgeon, 1862 to 1865

Died:  January 21, 1877, in Macon, Georgia

Holmes was a highly-skilled and respected surgeon who attended the University of Louisville medical school but does not appear to have graduated. He began his military service as Assistant Surgeon for a cavalry regiment and moved rapidly upward, ending his military career as Chief Surgeon of hospitals in Macon, Georgia. Post-war, he continued to practice in Macon until his death.

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