Father: Dr. Samuel Adams Goodman
Mother: Pamelia Curry Jeffries
1850 - Lived, Union District, SC
1855 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Union, SC; preceptors: Dr. S. A. Goodman & Dr. T. Goodman; thesis: "On Remittent Fever and It's Causes")
- Post graduate studies at Bellevue Hospital and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City
- Practiced medicine, Eastern Infirmary, Ludlow St., New York City, NY (equivalent of a medical residency)
~1860 - Practiced medicine with his father, Union District, SC
10/14/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. Douglas' Company, Col. Joseph Bates' Regiment (later, Co. F, 13th TX Infantry Bates' Regiment), Tyler, TX
11/14/1861 - Mustered-in as Pvt., Capt. Douglas' Company, Col. Joseph Bates' Regiment (later Co. F, Col. Joseph Bates' Regiment ), Velasco, TX
11/18/1861-12/21/1861 - "Post Surgeon", San Luis , TX [near Galveston, TX]
12/10/1861 - Nominated by Col. Joseph Bates as a replacement for Asst. Surgeon Robert Rees Porter who resigned as Asst. Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates Regiment., TX Volunteers)
03/01/1862 - Serving as Asst. Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates' Regiment)
03/15/1862 - Accepted the position of Asst. Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates'), Hospital, Velasco, TX
07/14/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates Regt, TX Volunteers), Head Quarters, Medical Dept., he reports on the condition of a hospital located on the Brazos River to Col. Webb, Inspector General, Department of Texas.
07/28/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates') by Gen. P. O. Hébert
09/18/1862 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry (Bates'), Velasco, TX
12/00/1862 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, TX
02/00/1863 - Surgeon-in-charge, Hospital of the 13th TX Infantry
08/26/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from July 28, 1862
09/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, TX
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, Brazoria Co., TX
11/11/1863 - Surgeon, Field Hospital, Velasco, TX, District of TX, NM & AZ
11/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, Brazoria Co., TX
12/00/1863 - Acting Brigade Surgeon [?which brigade]
01/04/1864 - Listed on a report of men serving in the Hospital Department of the 13th TX Infantry
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/19/1864 - Acting Division Surgeon, 2nd Division, Quintana, Brazoria Co., TX
03/00/1864 - Absent from 13th TX Infantry while serving as Acting Division Surgeon
04/00/1864 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, Brazoria Co., TX
05/28/1864 - As Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, TX, in a letter to Surgeon James Hunter Berrien, Medical Director, TX, NM & AZ, requests six days leave of absence
07/21/1864 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Houston, TX
12/00/1864 - Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Velasco, Brazoria Co., TX
07/31/1865 - Paroled as Surgeon, 13th TX Infantry, Marshall, Harrison Co., TX

Note: In William Jefferies Goodman's Compiled Service Record, there are a three (out
of 38) cards that refer to him as Major & Surgeon. Since there is no evidence in his CSR that he was appointed as a Major, this appears to be a reference to the fact that Confederate physicians had the pay rank of a Major in the line. Confederate Surgeons did not have command authority over soldiers in the line.

02/13/1867 - Married, Mary Priscilla Gaston, Smith Co., TX
1870,1874,1880,1886,1893 - Practiced medicine, Tyler, Smith Co., TX
08/26/1921 - Died, Tyler, TX

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/07/2013. Unpublished database.