John Shaw Billings Papers, in the Adjutant General's Office Records (RG 94) in the National Archives 1861-1895
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United States. Army. Medical Department
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War Department General Order no. 1 for 1904 required "every staff corps and department, regiment, battalion not forming part of a regiment, and independent troop, battery, or company" to keep "a detailed history of the services of the organization. This history will, at all times, be kept as nearly up to date as possible." From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the current history of the U.S. Medical Dept., 1905-1913, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...
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The Library and Museum Division of the Surgeon General's Office indexed all incoming correspondence by subject from September 1, 1889 to June 30, 1894. From the guide to the Record cards of correspondence of the Library and Museum Division of the U.S. Surgeon-General's Office, 1889-1894, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) Born September 10, 1869 in Texas, Champe Carter McCulloch earned several academic degrees, among which was Doctor of Medicine at ...
Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913
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U. S. Army surgeon and founder of the Army Medical Library. From the description of John Shaw Billings letters, 1891, Apr. 13 and May 13, New York City, to W.R. Benjamin. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992422 1860. Graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, with A.B., M.A. From the description of General correspondence June 1862-Oct. 1901 [microform]. (Alma Public Library). WorldCat record id: 7883610 The Adjutant General of the Army had re...
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Born in Charleston, Massachusetts, David L. Huntington, 1834-1899, studied medicine at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the army as an Assistant Surgeon in 1862. Huntington was Acting Medical Director Army of the Tennessee during Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. A career medical officer, Lt. Colonel Huntington at times served as acting Surgeon General. He also was director of the U.S. Army Medical Museum for many years before his retirement in 1898. From the desc...
