CS Burroughs, Dr. Richard Berrien

Dr. Richard Berrien Burroughs​

Born: January 19, 1833

Birthplace: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Father: Joseph Hallett Burroughs Sr. 1803 – 1854

(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Mother: Valeria Gibbons Berrien 1806 – 1883

(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Wife: Florida C. Lewis 1850 – 1895

(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

Children:

Joseph Hallett Burroughs 1858 – 1926​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida)​

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Annie Constant Burroughs 1859 – 1907​

(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)​

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Oliver Berrien Burroughs Sr. 1860 – 1938​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida)​

Education:

1853: Graduated from University of Georgia​

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1856: Graduated from Jefferson Medical College​

Occupation before War:

Medical Doctor in Tallahassee, Florida, & Camden County, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1862: Assistant Surgeon, Department of South Carolina, and Georgia​

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1862: Submitted Special Requisition for Amputating Cases​

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1862 – 1863: Assistant Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery, & 36th​ Georgia Infantry​

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1863 – 1865: Assistant Surgeon, 4th​ Georgia Cavalry Regiment​

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1864: Carried Captain Wylly to safety, during Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia​

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1864: Gave his horse to Colonel Smith during Battle of Olustee, Florida​

Occupation after War:

Medical Doctor in Jacksonville, Florida​

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1888: Medical Doctor during the Yellow Fever Epidemic, Jacksonville​

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Chief Surgeon of Florida Division, of Confederate Veterans

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Surgeon General of Florida, Division of Confederate Veterans​

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Vice President, & President, Florida Medical Association​

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Director of Confederate Soldiers Home, Jacksonville, Florida​

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Chief Surgeon of Florida Central, and Peninsular Railroad​

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Member of Jacksonville, Florida City Council​

Died: September 11, 1901

Place of Death: Norfolk, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 68 years old

Burial Place: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

 

[Tom Elmore]

Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia trained quite a few southerners who became surgeons in the Confederate armies. Of the 30 surgeons that I have identified who served on the field of Gettysburg and were alumni of that college, 23 of them were Confederates and 7 were Federals.