Dr. Charles Pepper, Confederate surgeon

[CSA Today]

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldrpepper.htm

 

[lelliott19]

Link to Dr Charles T Pepper's Find-a-grave memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51788269

And an interesting article that, although acknowledges the drink was named after Dr Charles T Pepper, attempts to identify the person who likely developed the famous formula .....
http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html

 

[M E Wolf]

Official Records of the Rebellion and Confederate Military History, Southern Historical Society does not list a Doctor; Surgeon, As.t. Surgeon Charles T. Pepper; Chas. T. Pepper; C. T. Pepper; C. Pepper.

M. E. Wolf

 

[lelliott19]

Official Records of the Rebellion and Confederate Military History, Southern Historical Society does not list a Doctor; Surgeon, As.t. Surgeon Charles T. Pepper; Chas. T. Pepper; C. T. Pepper; C. Pepper

From Fold 3 This is one page - of 4 in the records

 

[AndyHall]

That helps resolve it, Laura -- Pepper was a civilian physician working under contract to the Confederate army, not a surgeon in the army.

 

[DaveBrt]

http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/

Dr Pepper Museum, Waco, Tx.

 

[donna]

My Dad always loved Dr. Pepper, the drink. I do too.

 

[M E Wolf]

That helps resolve it, Laura -- Pepper was a civilian physician working under contract to the Confederate army, not a surgeon in the army.

So true, AndyHall -- that is why its so important to have 'history detectives' like Laura/lelliott19 to add more to 'the rest of the story.'

Good job lelliott19/Laura! Thanks for sharing!

M. E. Wolf

 

[lelliott19]

Thanks @M E Wolf but I have to admit, it was not really detective work. I had already searched for a relative who was a contract surgeon and so I already knew where to look for the records of contract physicians on Fold3.

Thanks for your post which piqued my curiosity!!!

 

[M E Wolf]

Thanks @M E Wolf but I have to admit, it was not really detective work. I had already searched for a relative who was a contract surgeon and so I already knew where to look for the records of contract physicians on Fold3.

Thanks for your post which piqued my curiosity!!!

lettiott19/Laura, ma'am;

It would be considered 'detective work.' Sometimes, even in law enforcement, following the clues, evidence, facts and witness interviews, the lead takes off and branches into something else which adds to the overall knowledge of researching. I have yet to hear experts say they know it all--I mean the real good experts that are respected. Had you not known how to research this particular area, another might have missed these steps/crumbs to follow. In short, you had the experiences and were short tracked to the 'how to retrieve' the needed documentation(s).

Never sell your talents short ma'am. Everybody has talents that can add so, so very much to the additional learning and research capabilities of the American Civil War, ma'am.

M. E. Wolf

 

[M E Wolf]

My Dad always loved Dr. Pepper, the drink. I do too.

donna, ma'am;

For me I didn't particularly like the drink. My system protested as well.

What is enjoyable to me though, is how figures of the American Civil War progressed during it and after it. In summary, there was life after the American Civil War.

M. E. Wolf

 

[damYankee]

Great topic!

 

[AndyHall]

From Fold 3 This is one page - of 4 in the records
View attachment 69569

Wait -- $240 for eight months' "medicines and services rendered"? That's roughly a dollar a day, less than half the pay of a second lieutenant. That must have been very much part-time work for Dr. Pepper.

 

[JerseyBart]

I love Dr. Pepper. The Dr. is always in, makes house calls and his copay is inexpensive.

 

[AndyHall]

Bristol Hospital marker dedication:

http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/l...cle_fda0d902-ce72-11e3-b891-001a4bcf6878.html

 

[FarawayFriend]

Now that is interesting, Coca Cola was invented by Confederate Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Pemberton and Dr. Pepper by Confederate Surgeon Dr. Charles Pepper!

 

[Fulton 21 NC]

Sorry folks. Nice story.
The inventor of "Dr. Pepper " Charles Alderton was a pharmacist in Morrison's Drugstore, in Waco, TX c.1885. Wade Morrisson was from SW Virginia. He lived and worked in Christiansburg, Va. , near a different Dr. Pepper and at least 40 miles away from Rural Retreat, Va. - a fair distance to travel in that era. The Pepper family is an old line in SW Virginia and NC. Here's some other sources. The first seems to cover the issue the best. The original post excluded mentioning the rest of the story at
http://uvamagazine.org/articles/did_you_know.


http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/which-of-them-really-invented-dr-pepper.html

http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/about-us/history-of-dr--pepper.aspx

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldrpepper.htm

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/19...t-drink-soda-lovers-drugstore-s-soda-fountain
the "Pepper" in our neck of the woods was a lawyer and preceded Saunders Fulton in commanding the 21st NC. S. Fulton was originally an asst. surgeon when the 11th/21st NC was formed.

 

[Fulton 21 NC]

There was a Dr. by the name of John Kerr Pepper who transferred from the 21st NC to the 52nd NC. He was Rufus Pepper's brother. Both were in the 21st in the beginning.

 

[Fulton 21 NC]

From Fold 3 This is one page - of 4 in the records
View attachment 69569

The receipt seems to reflect the "Dr." was likely contracted to make medicines for the hospital in Bristol , what is traditionally called compounding. In some of the papers c.1862 there were front page appeals for people to collect herbs for medicines that were needed by the army.
As alot of folks probably know, the troops in garrison were plagued by illnesses that caused many of the deaths in the beginning of the conflict.

 

[Chattahooch33]

Meh,

It ain't Coke.