Surgeon John Henry Logan (CSA)

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John Henry Logan

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 28, 1885 (63)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Henry Logan, Sr. and Susan Winter Wilson
Husband of Eliza Camile Logan

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About Surgeon John Henry Logan (CSA)

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John Henry Logan was a teacher, historian, and physician.

He was born in Abbeville, South Carolina and first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing his History of Upper South Carolina in 1859. He served as a Confederate army surgeon and afterwards taught at Atlanta Medical College.

1844 - Graduated, South Carolina College

1848 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC [from: Abbeville District, SC, before medicalschool; thesis: On the skin - its anatomy and functions]

07/15/1848 - Married, Eliza Camilla Calhoun, Greenwood, Abbeville Dist., SC

1850 - Practiced medicine, Abbeville District, SC

1859 - Author of "History of the upper country of South Carolina"

07/11/1862 - Signed contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Army

09/13/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Winder Hosp., Div 3, Richmond, VA

01/13/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hosp., Richmond, VA

01/14/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 23rd SC Infantry

01/19/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 23rd SC Infantry, N. G. Evan's Brig., Kinston, NC

02/08/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 23rd SC Infantry, Evan's Brig., near Wilmington, SC

05/21/1863 - Ordered to report to the 17th SC Infantry

06/10/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon to rank from 01/12/1863

08/25/1863 - Appointed Surgeon to rank from 05/18/1863

09/22/1863 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry, Evan's Brigade, Mt Pleasant, SC

10/04/1863 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry, Camp Nelson [?SC]

12/26/1863 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry, Camp on Sullivan's Island, SC

01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the C.S. Senate

02/23/1864 - Senior Surgeon of the 2nd Military District of SC

04/09/1864 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry,Green Pond, SC

09/00/1864 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry, Petersburg, VA

12/29/1864 - Surgeon, 17th SC Infantry, Petersburg, VA, Elliott's Brigade

04/09/1865 - Paroled, Appomattox, VA, as Surgeon, 17th SC Inf, Wallace's Brig.

1870 - Associated with a private academy, Talladega, Talladega Co, AL

1879 - Author of "Student's manual of chemico-physics

1880 - Pract. medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA

1881 - Professor of chemistry, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA

This biographical sketch is from:

Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 11/15/2010. Unpublished database.

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Surgeon John Henry Logan (CSA)'s Timeline

1821
December 7, 1821
Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
1885
March 28, 1885
Age 63
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States