Papers, 1855-1905.

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Papers, 1855-1905.

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Papers of a Mecklenburg County physician. Includes account books, medical journals, correspondence, memorabilia, and writings. Also documents his service as a surgeon in the 37th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army, as well as his general interest in the Civil War.

1 linear foot (ca. 600 items, including 10 v.)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585907

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 37th

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Alexander, John B. (John Brevard), b. 1834.

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John Brevard Alexander was born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., on May 27, 1834, the son of Robert Davidson and Abigail Bain Caldwell Alexander. He graduated from Davidson College with high honors in 1852 and from the Medical College of South Carolina at the top of his class in 1855. During the Civil War, Alexander served as a sergeant and assistant surgeon in the Thirty-seventh North Carolina Infantry, but he resigned on May 16, 1863 because of "a bilious attack" and "acut...