Foster, James, d. 1880.
Biographical notes:
Isaac Gaillard Foster and John Sanderson Foster were the sons of James Foster, a medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi. The family resided at Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. Both sons served in the Confederate Army. John S. Foster died of wounds received during the Gettysburg campaign, 1863; Isaac G. Foster served in Company B of the 10th Mississippi Regiment and died in 1864.
From the description of James Foster family correspondence, 1861-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122520183
James Foster was a medical doctor of Natchez, Mississippi. Foster owned the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez. He was married to Sinah Ana Caroline Foster (nee Gaillard), and they had five children: Elizabeth Jane Ralston (called Lizzie), John Sanderson, Sinah Warren (1840-1894), Catherine Olivia (called Kate), and Isaac Gaillard. Sinah's brother, Thomas B. Gaillard, attended Oakland College in Rodney, Mississippi, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
From the description of James Foster and family papers, 1829-1904. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122555972
James Foster was a medical doctor of Natchez, Miss., and owner of the Hermitage Plantation near Natchez.
From the description of James Foster medical record books, 1826-1893. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 162108124
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Subjects:
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
- Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
- Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
- Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
- Medical care
- Medicine
- Money
- Patients
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
- Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862
- Yellow fever
Occupations:
- Physicians
- Physicians
- Physicians
- Plantation owners
Places:
- Mississippi--Natchez (as recorded)
- Confederate States of America (as recorded)
- Natchez (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Hermitage Plantation (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana--New Orleans (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Kentucky (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
