Dr. Hodijah Baylies Meade

Dr. Hodijah Baylies Meade

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03/02/1838 - Born, Chula, Amelia Co., VA [Father: Seth Hodijah Baylies Meade (1789-1842); Mother: Jane A. Rutherford [or Rutherfoord] (1795-1839)]
10/12/1839 - Mother, Jane, died (buried: Meade Family Cemetery, Amelia Co., VA; Find-A-Grave #11392019)
00/00/1840 - Lived with his father and sibs, Amelia Co., VA
01/01/1842 - Father, Seth, died (buried: Meade Family Cemetery, Amelia Co., VA; Find-A-Grave #11391995)
08/26/1850 - Lived with his brother, William E. Meade, and his family (indexed in the
1850 U. S. Census as "Baylus Meade")
1859 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
06/20/1860 - Student of medicine, District 3, Amelia Co., VA (lived with his brother,
William E. Meade, and his family; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as "H. Bayliss Meade")
1861 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Man and Woman")
05/25/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Virginia Volunteers, by the Virginia Government and Council and assigned to the Military Post, Lexington, VA [From: NARA, Confederate Records, 6-142]
07/17/1861 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
07/17/1861 - As Asst. Surgeon, ordered to report to the 1st VA Infantry Battalion (Irish Battalion)
11/30/1861 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st VA Infantry Battalion, Napp's Creek, VA
05/12/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 1st VA Infantry Battalion, received a pair of saddle pockets for his own use from the Ordnance Depot, Richmond, VA
07/24/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon near Liberty Mills, Orange Co., VA, examined Jeremiah Kane, a sixty year old Private, serving in the 1st VA Infantry Battalion, and found him unfit for duty because of feebleness from old age and his being a "Rheumatic"
08/01/1862 - Transferred from the 1st VA Infantry Battalion to hospital duty
09/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Culpeper Court House, VA
10/10/1862 - "Asst. Surgeon H. B. Meade is transferred from the Genl. Hospital at Culpeper CH to the General Hospital at Danville, Va. He will report without delay to Surg. R. H. Dalton in charge thereof for duty [S.O. 25, Medical Director T. H. Williams, Lynchburg, VA]
10/17/1862 - Reported for duty as Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 1, Danville, VA
12/31/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 1, Danville, VA
12/12/1862 - Appeared before the Confederate Army Medical Board, Richmond, VA, for examination at 10:30 a.m.
02/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Danville, VA
02/26/1863 - Confirmed as an Asst. Surgeon in the Confederate States Navy
03/19/1863 - Declined to accept appointment as Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Navy
04/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Danville, VA
09/04/1863 - "Assistant Surgeon H. B. Meade is relieved from duty at Danville, Virginia and will report to Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy, Medical Director, etc. at Wilmington, NC [S.O. 210/20]
09/23/1863 - "Assistant Surgeon H. B. Meade is assigned to duty as Medical Inspector of Field Hospitals and Camps in the Department of North Carolina" [S.O. 226/4]
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon and Inspector of Camps and Camp Hospitals, Wilmington, NC
02/01/1864 - Asst Surgeon and Inspector of Camps and Camp Hospitals, Wilmington, NC
02/23/1864 - Mother, Jane, died
05/28/1864 - Relieved from present duty and ordered to report to Surgeon Carrington, Medical Director, for assignment [S.O. 124/29]
06/04/1864 - In a letter written from the Department of Cape Fear, Wilmington, NC, to Surgeon Wm. A. Carrington, Medical Director, Richmond, VA, "Sir, I have the honor of informing you that I received today Special Order (124), Adj. and Inspector Genls office, relieving me from my present duty and ordering me to report to you. I would respectfully state that I am at present sick in bed, and will report as soon as I am able to travel. I am, very respectfully, Your Obt. Servt., H. B. Meade. Asst. Surg. P.A.C.S."
06/07/1864 - Assigned to duty as Asst. Surgeon, Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA
06/13/1864 - On a Certificate of Disability for Leave of Absence, "Assistant Surgeon H. B. Mead [sic], P.A.C.S., having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for leave of absence, we do hereby certify that we have carefully examined this officer, and find that he is unfit for duty in consequence of General Debility, consequent upon an attack of Continued Fever. (He needs a change of air, diet, etc. from the effects of which he suffered eight weeks. We further declare that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than 10 days. [signed]
A. I. Semmes, Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
S. Meredith, Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
C. M. Rivers, Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
Station: Richmond Stewart [sic] Hospital
Date: June 13th, 1864
06/14/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, granted 10 days leave of absence on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability [S.O. 138/20]
08/23/1864 - Furnished with a passport from Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA, with the following identification features: eyes - hazel; hair - dark brown; height - 5 & 9/12 feet; age - 25; complexion - light; destination - Danville
09/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/10/1864 - Sick, unable to perform duty
09/29/1864 - Furloughed from Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA
10/31/1864 - Asst Surgeon, Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/12/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, in charge of two wards, Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA
01/15/1865 - Furlough approved for 20 days
01/18/1865 - Married, Mary Opie (1843-1893), daughter of Colonel Hierome Lindsay Opie, Selma Plantation, near Staunton, VA
01/18/1865 - Married, Mary Opie (1843-1893), daughter of Colonel Hierome Lindsay Opie, Selma Plantation, near Staunton, VA
02/04/1865 - Relieved from duty at Stuart Hospital, Richmond, VA, and ordered to report to Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy in charge of Gen. Hospital, Stanton, VA, for assignment
06/10/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America
08/031870 - Practiced medicine, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA (lived with wife, Mary, and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "Hodjah B. Mead" 1874 - Practiced medicine, Danville, VA
09/05/1876 - Died, Danville, VA (buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA; Find-A-Grave #170586346) ["The death of Dr. H. B. Meade was announced at church last night. The nervous system of Dr. Meade was severely shocked a year or two ago by a gun-shot received on a hunting excursion. Our people were not surprised, but deeply grieved on hearing of his death. This newspaper submission was signed Alpha, at the end of a column titled, "Danville." Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, VA, Sept. 6, 1876, p.3, c. 1.]
04/12/1879 - "A fire in Danville, Va., early Saturday morning, destroyed eight houses, including ….two frame buildings belonging to Mrs. H. B. Meade worth $600. [Telegraphic Summary, Baltimore, MD, 04/14/1879.}
10/21/1893 - Widow, Mary, died in Staunton, VA (buried: Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA; FindAGrave #170586357)

This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.