Father: Thomas Addison
Mother: Mary Anne Palmer
1850 - Lived, Barnwell District, SC
1858 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Blackville, SC; preceptor: Dr. W. W. Smith; thesis: "On Mani-a-Potu" [alcohol intoxication state with violent and markedly disinhibited behavior])
1860 - Practiced medicine, Lesters District, Burke Co., GA
12/12/1860 - Married, Sarah Eloise Gray, Burke Co., GA (she died in 1871)
04/09/1862 - In a letter written from Millen, Burke Co., GA, to Gov. Joseph E. Brown [Governor of Georgia], "My dear Sir: I hope you will pardon me for the privilege I have taken in addressing you these few lines as the motive which induces me to write is a good one. I am very desirous of serving my country in the manner that I can do the most good. Now as I have been engaged in attending the duties of a Profession that I adopted in early life. I am inclined to believe that in the line of that profession I can be of more service to my Country than in any other position that I may be placed. Therefore I come forward and offer to you my professional Services, either place me as Surgeon [,] Asst. Surgeon, or Physician as you may think proper to do. After several years experience in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, I feel myself fully competent to take charge of an branch included in my profession. I can furnish you with the best of references. By complying with the above your will confer a favor and much oblige. Yours Very Respectfully &tc. Charles B. Addison"
05/13/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
09/01/1862 - Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
10/00/1862 - Absent for 20 days per Gen. H. W. Mercer's furlough to attend Confederate Army Medical Examining Board, Charleston, SC
11/01/1862 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Battery Light Artillery [S.O. 211/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
11/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Artillery
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/28/1862
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Lumpkin's Battery GA Light Artillery, Pocotaligo, SC
05/02/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 97/5 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/21/1863 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director, Charleston, SC, for temporary duty [S.O. 156/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. W. S. Walker]
08/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon Brodie [S.O. 164/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/26/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that "Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be relieved from duty at Hardeeville [SC] and ordered to report to me for assignment"
09/03/1863 - "I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer [Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison] and find that he is suffering from an abscess of the foot. And that in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than fourteen days." R. L. Brodie, Medical Director, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, Charleston, SC
09/03/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 173/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
09/18/1863 - In a note from Savannah, GA to Medical Director R. L. Brodie, Dr. Addison writes, "I am sorry that the present condition of my health forces me to send you the enclosed Certificate from Surgeon W. G. Bullock of this City. My foot is very slowly improving and I have had intermittent fever for the past six days. But I will return to duty as soon as possible" Charles B. Addison, Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
10/05/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be assigned to Co. D, 2nd SC Artillery
11/30/1863 - "The Board of Examiners for Furloughs & Discharges having examined Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison who has been suffering from Intermittent Fever, recommend that a leave of absence of twenty days be granted to said officer." Wm. Henry Cumming, Senior Surgeon of Board, Charleston
11/30/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 255/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Light Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
01/17/1864 - In a note to Capt. J. H. Pearce, Inglis Light Artillery, Asst. Surgeon C.B. Addison, Camp of Inglis Light Artillery, asks for a leave of absence of 48 hours "to visit the City of Charleston on Business of importance. My place will be supplied during my absence by H. M. Faust, Asst. Surgeon
01/18/1864 - Leave [S.O. 17/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Adams Run, SC, Inglis Light Artillery
02/17/1864 - Leave [S.O. 47/7 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/27/1864 - Leave [S.O. 57/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
03/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Inglis Light Artillery
03/06/1864 - Leave [S.O. 65/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
03/15/1864 - Leave [S.O. 74/3 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
04/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin - "none on hand of sufficient length"
04/27/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd SC Artillery, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Served as member, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Adams Run, SC
05/02/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin, "there being none on hand"
06/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon and Senior Surgeon, Medical Examining Board, Adams Run, SC
06/01/1864 - Acting Senior Surgeon [of the] District, Adams Run, SC
06/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
06/20/1864 - Assigned to Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC [S.O. 163/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Sam Jones]
07/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, ordered nails "to use in the erection of a Dining Room at the Post Hospital at Adams Run, S.C., there being none on hand."
07/23/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
08/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
09/08/1864 - Medical Director T. L. Ogier, Charleston, SC, sent a note to Major Charles S. Stringfellow requesting "that a leave of absence for Fifteen Days be granted Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison, P.A.C.S."
10/16/1864 - Asst. Surgeon - on hospital duty
12/31/1864 - Ordered 2 quires writing paper and one package envelopes - "The exhaustion of the former supply and a new supply being required for the weekly meetings of the [Army Medical Examining] Board" Asst. Surgeon, President, Medical Examining Board, 4th Sub-District of South Carolina, Adams Run, SC
12/08/1871 - Wife, Sarah, died
1879 - Married Annie Aldrich, Barnwell, SC (she died in 1925)
1880 - Practiced medicine and a merchant, Peeples, Hampton Co., SC (lived with wife and son)
1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 11, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
12/12/1902 - Died, Barnwell, SC
Note: Some references give Dr. Addison's date of birth as 03/03/1838.
Juanda, the creator of this memorial, and Stacey Dwelle Briggs, a 4x great granddaughter of Dr. Addison, provided input to this biography. Thanks Juanda and Stacey.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/18/2014. Updated 11/24/2016.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Anne Palmer
1850 - Lived, Barnwell District, SC
1858 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Blackville, SC; preceptor: Dr. W. W. Smith; thesis: "On Mani-a-Potu" [alcohol intoxication state with violent and markedly disinhibited behavior])
1860 - Practiced medicine, Lesters District, Burke Co., GA
12/12/1860 - Married, Sarah Eloise Gray, Burke Co., GA (she died in 1871)
04/09/1862 - In a letter written from Millen, Burke Co., GA, to Gov. Joseph E. Brown [Governor of Georgia], "My dear Sir: I hope you will pardon me for the privilege I have taken in addressing you these few lines as the motive which induces me to write is a good one. I am very desirous of serving my country in the manner that I can do the most good. Now as I have been engaged in attending the duties of a Profession that I adopted in early life. I am inclined to believe that in the line of that profession I can be of more service to my Country than in any other position that I may be placed. Therefore I come forward and offer to you my professional Services, either place me as Surgeon [,] Asst. Surgeon, or Physician as you may think proper to do. After several years experience in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, I feel myself fully competent to take charge of an branch included in my profession. I can furnish you with the best of references. By complying with the above your will confer a favor and much oblige. Yours Very Respectfully &tc. Charles B. Addison"
05/13/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
09/01/1862 - Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
10/00/1862 - Absent for 20 days per Gen. H. W. Mercer's furlough to attend Confederate Army Medical Examining Board, Charleston, SC
11/01/1862 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Battery Light Artillery [S.O. 211/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
11/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Artillery
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/28/1862
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Lumpkin's Battery GA Light Artillery, Pocotaligo, SC
05/02/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 97/5 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/21/1863 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director, Charleston, SC, for temporary duty [S.O. 156/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. W. S. Walker]
08/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon Brodie [S.O. 164/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/26/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that "Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be relieved from duty at Hardeeville [SC] and ordered to report to me for assignment"
09/03/1863 - "I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer [Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison] and find that he is suffering from an abscess of the foot. And that in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than fourteen days." R. L. Brodie, Medical Director, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, Charleston, SC
09/03/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 173/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
09/18/1863 - In a note from Savannah, GA to Medical Director R. L. Brodie, Dr. Addison writes, "I am sorry that the present condition of my health forces me to send you the enclosed Certificate from Surgeon W. G. Bullock of this City. My foot is very slowly improving and I have had intermittent fever for the past six days. But I will return to duty as soon as possible" Charles B. Addison, Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
10/05/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be assigned to Co. D, 2nd SC Artillery
11/30/1863 - "The Board of Examiners for Furloughs & Discharges having examined Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison who has been suffering from Intermittent Fever, recommend that a leave of absence of twenty days be granted to said officer." Wm. Henry Cumming, Senior Surgeon of Board, Charleston
11/30/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 255/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Light Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
01/17/1864 - In a note to Capt. J. H. Pearce, Inglis Light Artillery, Asst. Surgeon C.B. Addison, Camp of Inglis Light Artillery, asks for a leave of absence of 48 hours "to visit the City of Charleston on Business of importance. My place will be supplied during my absence by H. M. Faust, Asst. Surgeon
01/18/1864 - Leave [S.O. 17/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Adams Run, SC, Inglis Light Artillery
02/17/1864 - Leave [S.O. 47/7 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/27/1864 - Leave [S.O. 57/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
03/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Inglis Light Artillery
03/06/1864 - Leave [S.O. 65/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
03/15/1864 - Leave [S.O. 74/3 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
04/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin - "none on hand of sufficient length"
04/27/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd SC Artillery, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Served as member, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Adams Run, SC
05/02/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin, "there being none on hand"
06/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon and Senior Surgeon, Medical Examining Board, Adams Run, SC
06/01/1864 - Acting Senior Surgeon [of the] District, Adams Run, SC
06/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
06/20/1864 - Assigned to Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC [S.O. 163/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Sam Jones]
07/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, ordered nails "to use in the erection of a Dining Room at the Post Hospital at Adams Run, S.C., there being none on hand."
07/23/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
08/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
09/08/1864 - Medical Director T. L. Ogier, Charleston, SC, sent a note to Major Charles S. Stringfellow requesting "that a leave of absence for Fifteen Days be granted Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison, P.A.C.S."
10/16/1864 - Asst. Surgeon - on hospital duty
12/31/1864 - Ordered 2 quires writing paper and one package envelopes - "The exhaustion of the former supply and a new supply being required for the weekly meetings of the [Army Medical Examining] Board" Asst. Surgeon, President, Medical Examining Board, 4th Sub-District of South Carolina, Adams Run, SC
12/08/1871 - Wife, Sarah, died
1879 - Married Annie Aldrich, Barnwell, SC (she died in 1925)
1880 - Practiced medicine and a merchant, Peeples, Hampton Co., SC (lived with wife and son)
1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 11, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
12/12/1902 - Died, Barnwell, SC
Note: Some references give Dr. Addison's date of birth as 03/03/1838.
Juanda, the creator of this memorial, and Stacey Dwelle Briggs, a 4x great granddaughter of Dr. Addison, provided input to this biography. Thanks Juanda and Stacey.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/18/2014. Updated 11/24/2016.
Unpublished database.
Father: Thomas Addison
Mother: Mary Anne Palmer
1850 - Lived, Barnwell District, SC
1858 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Blackville, SC; preceptor: Dr. W. W. Smith; thesis: "On Mani-a-Potu" [alcohol intoxication state with violent and markedly disinhibited behavior])
1860 - Practiced medicine, Lesters District, Burke Co., GA
12/12/1860 - Married, Sarah Eloise Gray, Burke Co., GA (she died in 1871)
04/09/1862 - In a letter written from Millen, Burke Co., GA, to Gov. Joseph E. Brown [Governor of Georgia], "My dear Sir: I hope you will pardon me for the privilege I have taken in addressing you these few lines as the motive which induces me to write is a good one. I am very desirous of serving my country in the manner that I can do the most good. Now as I have been engaged in attending the duties of a Profession that I adopted in early life. I am inclined to believe that in the line of that profession I can be of more service to my Country than in any other position that I may be placed. Therefore I come forward and offer to you my professional Services, either place me as Surgeon [,] Asst. Surgeon, or Physician as you may think proper to do. After several years experience in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, I feel myself fully competent to take charge of an branch included in my profession. I can furnish you with the best of references. By complying with the above your will confer a favor and much oblige. Yours Very Respectfully &tc. Charles B. Addison"
05/13/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
09/01/1862 - Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
10/00/1862 - Absent for 20 days per Gen. H. W. Mercer's furlough to attend Confederate Army Medical Examining Board, Charleston, SC
11/01/1862 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Battery Light Artillery [S.O. 211/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
11/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Artillery
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/28/1862
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Lumpkin's Battery GA Light Artillery, Pocotaligo, SC
05/02/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 97/5 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/21/1863 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director, Charleston, SC, for temporary duty [S.O. 156/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. W. S. Walker]
08/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon Brodie [S.O. 164/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/26/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that "Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be relieved from duty at Hardeeville [SC] and ordered to report to me for assignment"
09/03/1863 - "I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer [Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison] and find that he is suffering from an abscess of the foot. And that in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than fourteen days." R. L. Brodie, Medical Director, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, Charleston, SC
09/03/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 173/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
09/18/1863 - In a note from Savannah, GA to Medical Director R. L. Brodie, Dr. Addison writes, "I am sorry that the present condition of my health forces me to send you the enclosed Certificate from Surgeon W. G. Bullock of this City. My foot is very slowly improving and I have had intermittent fever for the past six days. But I will return to duty as soon as possible" Charles B. Addison, Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
10/05/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be assigned to Co. D, 2nd SC Artillery
11/30/1863 - "The Board of Examiners for Furloughs & Discharges having examined Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison who has been suffering from Intermittent Fever, recommend that a leave of absence of twenty days be granted to said officer." Wm. Henry Cumming, Senior Surgeon of Board, Charleston
11/30/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 255/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Light Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
01/17/1864 - In a note to Capt. J. H. Pearce, Inglis Light Artillery, Asst. Surgeon C.B. Addison, Camp of Inglis Light Artillery, asks for a leave of absence of 48 hours "to visit the City of Charleston on Business of importance. My place will be supplied during my absence by H. M. Faust, Asst. Surgeon
01/18/1864 - Leave [S.O. 17/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Adams Run, SC, Inglis Light Artillery
02/17/1864 - Leave [S.O. 47/7 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/27/1864 - Leave [S.O. 57/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
03/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Inglis Light Artillery
03/06/1864 - Leave [S.O. 65/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
03/15/1864 - Leave [S.O. 74/3 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
04/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin - "none on hand of sufficient length"
04/27/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd SC Artillery, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Served as member, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Adams Run, SC
05/02/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin, "there being none on hand"
06/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon and Senior Surgeon, Medical Examining Board, Adams Run, SC
06/01/1864 - Acting Senior Surgeon [of the] District, Adams Run, SC
06/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
06/20/1864 - Assigned to Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC [S.O. 163/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Sam Jones]
07/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, ordered nails "to use in the erection of a Dining Room at the Post Hospital at Adams Run, S.C., there being none on hand."
07/23/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
08/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
09/08/1864 - Medical Director T. L. Ogier, Charleston, SC, sent a note to Major Charles S. Stringfellow requesting "that a leave of absence for Fifteen Days be granted Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison, P.A.C.S."
10/16/1864 - Asst. Surgeon - on hospital duty
12/31/1864 - Ordered 2 quires writing paper and one package envelopes - "The exhaustion of the former supply and a new supply being required for the weekly meetings of the [Army Medical Examining] Board" Asst. Surgeon, President, Medical Examining Board, 4th Sub-District of South Carolina, Adams Run, SC
12/08/1871 - Wife, Sarah, died
1879 - Married Annie Aldrich, Barnwell, SC (she died in 1925)
1880 - Practiced medicine and a merchant, Peeples, Hampton Co., SC (lived with wife and son)
1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 11, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
12/12/1902 - Died, Barnwell, SC
Note: Some references give Dr. Addison's date of birth as 03/03/1838.
Juanda, the creator of this memorial, and Stacey Dwelle Briggs, a 4x great granddaughter of Dr. Addison, provided input to this biography. Thanks Juanda and Stacey.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/18/2014. Updated 11/24/2016.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Anne Palmer
1850 - Lived, Barnwell District, SC
1858 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Blackville, SC; preceptor: Dr. W. W. Smith; thesis: "On Mani-a-Potu" [alcohol intoxication state with violent and markedly disinhibited behavior])
1860 - Practiced medicine, Lesters District, Burke Co., GA
12/12/1860 - Married, Sarah Eloise Gray, Burke Co., GA (she died in 1871)
04/09/1862 - In a letter written from Millen, Burke Co., GA, to Gov. Joseph E. Brown [Governor of Georgia], "My dear Sir: I hope you will pardon me for the privilege I have taken in addressing you these few lines as the motive which induces me to write is a good one. I am very desirous of serving my country in the manner that I can do the most good. Now as I have been engaged in attending the duties of a Profession that I adopted in early life. I am inclined to believe that in the line of that profession I can be of more service to my Country than in any other position that I may be placed. Therefore I come forward and offer to you my professional Services, either place me as Surgeon [,] Asst. Surgeon, or Physician as you may think proper to do. After several years experience in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, I feel myself fully competent to take charge of an branch included in my profession. I can furnish you with the best of references. By complying with the above your will confer a favor and much oblige. Yours Very Respectfully &tc. Charles B. Addison"
05/13/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
09/01/1862 - Pvt., Capt. Banks' Company, [GA] Partisan Rangers [later became Co. B, 21st GA Battalion Cavalry]
10/00/1862 - Absent for 20 days per Gen. H. W. Mercer's furlough to attend Confederate Army Medical Examining Board, Charleston, SC
11/01/1862 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Battery Light Artillery [S.O. 211/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
11/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Nelson's Artillery
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/28/1862
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
05/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Lumpkin's Battery GA Light Artillery, Pocotaligo, SC
05/02/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 97/5 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/21/1863 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director, Charleston, SC, for temporary duty [S.O. 156/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. W. S. Walker]
08/25/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon Brodie [S.O. 164/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
08/26/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that "Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be relieved from duty at Hardeeville [SC] and ordered to report to me for assignment"
09/03/1863 - "I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer [Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison] and find that he is suffering from an abscess of the foot. And that in consequence thereof, he is, in my opinion, unfit for duty. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than fourteen days." R. L. Brodie, Medical Director, Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida, Charleston, SC
09/03/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 173/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
09/18/1863 - In a note from Savannah, GA to Medical Director R. L. Brodie, Dr. Addison writes, "I am sorry that the present condition of my health forces me to send you the enclosed Certificate from Surgeon W. G. Bullock of this City. My foot is very slowly improving and I have had intermittent fever for the past six days. But I will return to duty as soon as possible" Charles B. Addison, Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S.
10/05/1863 - Medical Director R. L. Brodie requested that Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison be assigned to Co. D, 2nd SC Artillery
11/30/1863 - "The Board of Examiners for Furloughs & Discharges having examined Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison who has been suffering from Intermittent Fever, recommend that a leave of absence of twenty days be granted to said officer." Wm. Henry Cumming, Senior Surgeon of Board, Charleston
11/30/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 255/1 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Light Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
01/17/1864 - In a note to Capt. J. H. Pearce, Inglis Light Artillery, Asst. Surgeon C.B. Addison, Camp of Inglis Light Artillery, asks for a leave of absence of 48 hours "to visit the City of Charleston on Business of importance. My place will be supplied during my absence by H. M. Faust, Asst. Surgeon
01/18/1864 - Leave [S.O. 17/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Adams Run, SC, Inglis Light Artillery
02/17/1864 - Leave [S.O. 47/7 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/27/1864 - Leave [S.O. 57/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Co. D, Inglis Artillery (2nd SC Artillery)
03/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Inglis Light Artillery
03/06/1864 - Leave [S.O. 65/2 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
03/15/1864 - Leave [S.O. 74/3 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Wise]
04/23/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin - "none on hand of sufficient length"
04/27/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd SC Artillery, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
04/29/1864 - Served as member, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Adams Run, SC
05/02/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC, ordered one coffin, "there being none on hand"
06/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon and Senior Surgeon, Medical Examining Board, Adams Run, SC
06/01/1864 - Acting Senior Surgeon [of the] District, Adams Run, SC
06/10/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
06/20/1864 - Assigned to Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC [S.O. 163/6 Dept. S. C., Ga., & Fla. - Gen. Sam Jones]
07/01/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, ordered nails "to use in the erection of a Dining Room at the Post Hospital at Adams Run, S.C., there being none on hand."
07/23/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
08/20/1864 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Post Hospital, Adams Run, SC
09/08/1864 - Medical Director T. L. Ogier, Charleston, SC, sent a note to Major Charles S. Stringfellow requesting "that a leave of absence for Fifteen Days be granted Asst. Surgeon C. B. Addison, P.A.C.S."
10/16/1864 - Asst. Surgeon - on hospital duty
12/31/1864 - Ordered 2 quires writing paper and one package envelopes - "The exhaustion of the former supply and a new supply being required for the weekly meetings of the [Army Medical Examining] Board" Asst. Surgeon, President, Medical Examining Board, 4th Sub-District of South Carolina, Adams Run, SC
12/08/1871 - Wife, Sarah, died
1879 - Married Annie Aldrich, Barnwell, SC (she died in 1925)
1880 - Practiced medicine and a merchant, Peeples, Hampton Co., SC (lived with wife and son)
1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 11, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
12/12/1902 - Died, Barnwell, SC
Note: Some references give Dr. Addison's date of birth as 03/03/1838.
Juanda, the creator of this memorial, and Stacey Dwelle Briggs, a 4x great granddaughter of Dr. Addison, provided input to this biography. Thanks Juanda and Stacey.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/18/2014. Updated 11/24/2016.
Unpublished database.
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