Robert Ware – Union Surgeon

Union Surgeon Robert Ware. Courtesy of Gordon Dammann, D.D.S.
Union Surgeon Robert Ware. Courtesy of Gordon Dammann, D.D.S.

Born: September 2, 1833, in Boston, Massachusetts

Served: Sanitary Commission, 1861 to 1862, Surgeon, 44th Massachusetts, 1862 to 1863

Died:  April 10, 1863, outside Washington, North Carolina

Ware, the son of a well-known Boston surgeon, graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1856. He volunteered with the Sanitary Commission at the start of the war, and joined the 44th Massachusetts as a Surgeon in 1862. Ware died of pneumonia while serving in North Carolina, most likely brought on by overwork. His colleagues mourned the loss of this young and dedicated surgeon.

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