10/11/1799 - Born, Louisa Co., VA, or Spring Hill, Albemarle Co., VA [Father: James Gordon Waddell (1770-1857); Mother: Lucy Gordon (1771-1840)]
1824 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Authority of Names")
1827 - Practiced medicine and operated a hotel, Waynesboro, VA
02/08/1827 - Married, Hannah Winters Estill (1809-1857), Waynesboro, VA
1840 - Mother, Lucy, died in Indiantown, Orange Co., VA
08/19/1850 - Practiced medicine, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife, Hannah, and 12 children; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Livingston Waddell)
03/01/1857 - Wife, Hannah, died in Augusta Co., VA (buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA; FindaGrave #122608225)
11/06/1857 - Father, James, died in Waynesboro, VA (buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA; FindaGrave #134958278)
09/21/1860 - Practiced medicine, Augusta Co., VA (lived with Martha, and 10 children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Livingston Waddell)
08/19/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Virginia State Forces
09/11/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
05/01/1862 - Surgeon, 52nd VA Infantry
05/22/1862 - Surgeon, 52nd VA Infantry, "in the field"
07/21/1862 - Surgeon, 52nd VA Infantry
08/15/1862 - "Surgeon S. Waddell [sic] is relieved from duty with the 52nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers, and will report for duty to Surgeon William Hays in charge &c. at Staunton, VA" (S. O. 190/22)
09/15/1862 - Reported for duty as Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA
09/30/1863 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
10/08/1862 - "Gen. Hospital, Staunton, Virginia, Oct. 8, 62, Special Order No. 1, Surgeon L. Waddell is hereby ordered to report without delay, at Mt. Crawford, and take charge of the Hospital at that place, Wm. Hay, Surgeon in charge."
10/14/1862 - "Gen. Hospital, Staunton, Virginia, Oct. 14, 62, Special Orders, Surgeon Waddell is hereby ordered to proceed to Harrisonburg, and open the Hospital at that place, to its fullest capacity and take charge thereof. Wm. Hay, Surgeon in charge."
10/15/1862 - " Surgeon L. Waddell, P. A. C. S. will proceed to Harrisonburg, Va., and establish a hospital for the accommodation of sick and wounded soldiers returning from Gen. Lee's army" (S. O. 18 Hd. Qtrs, Valley District, Staunton, VA)
10/28/1862 - Surgeon, Harrisonburg, VA
11/12/1862 - In a letter written by S. P. Moore, Surgeon General, C. S. A. to Surgeon Thos. H. Williams, Medical Director and Inspector, Lynchburg, VA, "You are requested to inform this office as to the manner in which Dr. Waddell, lately attached as Surgeon to the 52nd Va. Regt., was transferred from that command to Hospital duty at Staunton, Very Respectfully, Your Obdt. Servt., S. P. Moore, Surgeon General, C. S. A."
11/26/1862 - Relieved from duty at the Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA, and ordered to Harrisonburg to establish a Receiving Hospital "and continue it as long as Genl Jackson or any portion of his command occupies Winchester or its vicinity."
11/30/1862 - Surgeon in charge, Gen. Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA
12/06/1862 - Ordered to appear before a Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination at Richmond VA, "on Dec. 11, 1862 at 10:30 A. M."
12/12/1862 - Under orders from Medical Director Thomas H. Williams, left for Richmond, VA
01/31/1863 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA
02/28/1863 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
05/30/1863 - "Surgeon R. F. Baldwin will relieve Surgeon Livingston Waddell in charge of General Hospital at Harrisonburg, VA. Surgeon Waddell, on being relieved will report without delay to Surgeon Hay at Staunton Virginia for assignment to duty." (S. O. 129/3)
07/15/1863 - Relieved from being in charge of the Gen. Hospital, Harrisonburg, VA, by Surgeon V. W. Harrison and ordered to report to Surgeon Hay, in charge of Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA, for assignment to duty
07/29/1863 - As Surgeon, reported for duty, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
02/15/1864 - "Genl. Hosp. Staunton, Va, Feb. 15, 1864, This statement is given at the request of Private Martin Shultz of the 52d Va Regt. I have known him for many years. He has been in feeble health for several years. In the winter of 1862 he had a severe attack of congestion of Lungs which confined him for many months. His health has been seriously impaired. He is very subject to a cough & has been detained for Hosp duty & has not been able to perform any duty, but for short periods at a time. He has not been fit for that service for the last four months. I will further state that for the last two years he has been unable to perform any duty & only for a short time. L. Waddell, Surgeon P. A. C. S." [Note: Pvt. Shultz was discharged from the Confederate Army on Feb. 29, 1864.]
05/15/1864 - Surgeon, Staunton, VA
07/04/1864 - Ordered to relieve Surgeon J. C. M. Merillat as Senior Surgeon Medical Examination Board at Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
08/29/1864 - "Surgeon L. Waddell is relieved from duty and will report to Officer in Command, at Plymouth, North Carolina, for duty" (S. O. 204/19) [Note: This order was revoked by Surgeon General S. P. Moore on 09/16/1864 Surgeon Waddell was ordered back to the Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA.]
09/21/1864 - (S. O. 224/24)
09/24/1864 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
12/31/1864 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
00/00/1867 - Moved to Lexington, Rockbridge Co., VA, and practiced medicine
06/25/1870 - Practiced medicine, operated a boarding house, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., VA (lived with Martha, and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Livingston Waddell)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., VA
06/07/1880 - Practiced medicine, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., VA (lived with sister, Sarah G (b. 1798); daughter, Martha M (b. 1830); son, John (b. 1836); daughter, Edmonia (b. 1848); and son, Alexander (b. 1850); indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Livingston Waddell)
- Member, Presbyterian Church
08/17/1881 - Died, Lexington, VA, after "he suffered much during the last year" (buried: Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, VA; FindaGrave #22023487; obituary 1: Lexington Gazette, Lexington, VA, Aug 18, 1881, p.3, c. 2; obituary 2: The Vindicator, Staunton, VA, Aug. 19th, 1881, p. 2, c. 8.)
Scott Hutchison and Robert J. Driver provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/01/2024. Unpublished database.