Pvt. Dr. William Edward Pearson, (CSA)

Father: John Pearson
Mother: Margaret Anne Forbes
1850 - Lived, Mt. Hebron, Greene Co., AL (lived with mother and step father, William C. Adams)
1853 - Attended Franklin College, Franklin, Williamson Co., TN
1859 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Mt. Hebron, AL, & Gainesville, AL; preceptors: Dr. James T. Webb & Dr. D. H. Williams: thesis: "On Congestive Fever")
1860 - Practiced medicine, Kemper Co., MS [indexed in the 1860 Census as "Wm. E. Pearson"]
~1861 - Married, Cordelia "Caddie" F. [maiden name unknown - she died in 1907]
03/13/1862 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. A, 5th AL Battalion, Gainesville, Sumter Co., AL
03/27/1862 - Pvt., Co. A, 5th AL Battalion
04/30/1862 - Pvt., Co. A, 5th AL Battalion
06/30/1862 - Pvt., Co. A, 5th AL Battalion
11/01/1862 - On detail acting as Asst. Surgeon [but not yet appointed as Asst. Surgeon]
12/31/1862 - On detail acting as Asst. Surgeon, 5th AL Battalion
01/19/1863 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon and ordered to report to the Medical Director, 2nd Army Corps, for duty with the 5th AL Battalion
01/19/1863 - "Promoted" to the position Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States [it is not clear whether he was officially appointed by the Confederate Secretary of War at this time]
02/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's), Camp Gregg, VA
03/04/1863 - Granted 20 day leave of absence [S.O. 63 - Dept. of Northern VA]
04/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's), Camp Gregg, VA
06/10/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon from AL, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/23/1863 [possibly 2nd appointment to the position of Asst. Surgeon - see entry of 01/19/1863]
06/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's), near Cashtown, PA
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's)
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
04/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's), Army of Northern Virginia
06/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's)
09/19/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry (Turney's)
04/02/1865 - Captured as Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry, Hatcher's Run, VA
04/03/1865 - Prisoner of War, received and assigned to prison by the Provost Marshall, Army of the Potomac [U.S.A.]
04/05/1865 - Imprisoned, Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC
05/01/1865 - Sent to Johnson's Island, OH [U.S. Army Prison]
06/19/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States, Johnson's Island, OH, and released (place of residence: Gainesville, AL; age; 29; complexion: florid; hair: light; eyes: blue; height: 6 ft. 0 in.)
1870 - Practiced medicine, Kemper Co., MS (living with wife - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Wm. Pearson)
1877 - Practiced medicine, Scooba, Kemper Co., MS
1880 - Practiced medicine, Kemper Co., MS (living with wife, Cordelia)
1882 - Received a license to practice medicine in Mississippi
1886,1890,1893,1896,1900,1903,1906 - Practiced medicine, Scooba, Kemper Co., MS
11/30/1907 - Wife, Cordelia, died
05/31/1909 - Died

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/06/2014. Unpublished database.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 18 2021, 16:42:30 UTC