Frederick Augustus Castle papers, 1862-1902.

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Frederick Augustus Castle papers, 1862-1902.

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Consists of a list of medical cadets in service during the War of the Rebellion, notes, photos, and some personal papers. In 1861, an Act of Congress established a corps of medical cadets as part of the U. S. Army. Although noncommissioned officers, medical cadets had duties similar to those of the "contract surgeons"; the corps disbanded with the end of the war.

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United States. Surgeon-General's Office

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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...

Castle, Frederick A. (Frederick Albert), 1842-1902

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Frederick A. Castle interrupted his studies at the Bellevue Medical College in New York to join the newly-formed Medical Cadet Corps of the U.S. Army Medical Department in 1861. He also served for two years in the Navy before the Civil War ended. He received his M.D. from Bellevue Medical College in 1866. He occupied, for a time, the chair of therapeutics at Bellevue and also worked as a visiting physician at Presbyterian hospital. Castle was an active editor of medical journals throughout his c...