Marcy, Henry O. (Henry Orlando), 1837-1924

Son of Smith and Fanny Bibbs Marcy, native of Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard Medical School. Henry Orlando Marcy served as a surgeon with the United States Army during the Civil War. He was appointed medical director of Florida, and later served as director on Gen. William T. Sherman's staff in the Carolina campaign. After the war Marcy served as president of the American Academy of Medicine and of the American Medical Association.

From the description of Diary of a surgeon : U.S. Army, 1864-1899. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32141201