Looking for two surgeons (and also, two lists)

[Stryker65]

I've been trying to make an order of battle of the U. S. Army from January to May, 1861. However, I am trying to find two resources which I'm sure exist, but not sure where. The two lists are the list of U. S. ordnance sergeants and their stations -- I've seen it for 1864 or 1865, but not for 1861 -- and the list of stations of every unit in the U. S. Army -- this list exists for troops in 1865, but I haven't seen one for 1861.

I have found the station of most officers, thanks to some handy resources found on firstbullrun.co.uk. However, I have not been able to find the post of two assistant surgeons -- Asst. Surg. Charles C. Byrne and Asst. Surg. Richard D. Lynde. These men were captured by Confederate forces at Saluria, Texas on April 25, 1861. As the Union forces there contained the refugee companies from Forts Chadbourne, Duncan, Lancaster, and McIntosh, Camp Hudson, and Ringgold and San Antonio Barracks, it is entirely likely that Byrne and Lynde came from one of these locations. A simple google search, so far, with these keywords, has revealed nothing, unfortunately.

Anybody know where these surgeons are? Or, even better, where I can find those two resources?

 

[Bob Velke]

"The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion" says that on 6 Jun 1864, Assistant Surgeon Charles Christopher Byrne "amputated [a patient's] limb at the Field General Hospital at Chattanooga."

And on 9 May 1864, Richard Douglass Lynde, Surgeon (USV) "reported [a patient's] admission to the field hospital of the 3d division, Fourth Corps."

I'm sure that you can find other references to them by searching for their surnames.

 

[lupaglupa]

The US Army register for 1863 lists Lynde as having resigned August 31, 1862. The 1861 register shows him appointed assistant surgeon with the rank of captain August 29, 1856. That's also the day he entered service. The record says he entered the Army from Maryland, was born in Michigan. Lynde shows up in the 1865 register as a "Surgeon of Volunteers, with the rank of Major." Commissioned September 2, 1863, this time appointed from New York.

 

[Library Lady]

Am I misunderstanding or is @Stryker65 looking for the places these gents were assigned to in Texas before Texas joined the Confederacy? Would those pre-war postings appear in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion? I found a nice summary of the career of Charles C. Byrne, but it didn't say anything more about his pre-war tour in Texas than what @Stryker65 already knew. I'll post it here in case there is some way of backtracking from some of the information provided. It appears that this post may have come from An Illustrated History of the State of Washington by Rev. H. K. Hinds, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1893. This book is available on the Internet Archive.

Charles C. Byrne - Brigadier General, United States Army

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[Stryker65]

Am I misunderstanding or is @Stryker65 looking for the places these gents were assigned to in Texas before Texas joined the Confederacy?

Yes, that was more what I was looking for. The U. S. Army is very specific on the movements and locations of their various infantry, cavalry, and artillery companies, but less so on their surgeons and ordnance sergeants.