Enlisted in the 47 Illinois Infantry from Henry County Illinois on 16 August 1861
Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 22 Feb 1864
Promoted to Full Asst Surgeon on 01 January 1866
Mustered out on 12 February 1866 at Selma, Alabama
Source: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
The 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment was engaged in the following battles:
Battle of Corinth
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Pleasant Hill∼"John Simpson, M.D., son of Thomas and Mary Simpson, of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England, was born on November 23, 1838. When he was seven years of age his parents came to this country and located at Springfield, Ohio, where they remained until 1849, when they settled in Appleton, Wis. While there, he attended the public schools, and passed through the high school. After one year in the printing business at Fond du Lac, he was engaged several years in agricultural pursuits at Rosendale, Wis., afterward taking charge of the extensive estate of Hon. Bertine Pinkney for two years. He returned to Appleton, and, in 1861, enlisted in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon appointed hospital steward, which was followed by an appointment to the position of assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served two years. Immediately after his discharge from the service, in 1866, having served a year after the close of the War, he began the study of medicine, and matriculated in Rush Medical College, from which institution he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1869. After graduating, he was appointed dispensary physician to Rush Medical College. He has since resided in Chicago, and is recognized by the public and profession as one of the leading physicians of the Northwest.
Dr. Simpson was married on July 4, 1866, to Miss Emily Gleed, of Appleton, Wis., and has four children, -- Carrie E., Lulu, Effie and Bertine B."
[from Andreas, Alfred Theodore,History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes. Vol III. From the Fire of 1871 until 1885. Chapter: Medical History Section: Rush Medical College. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1886; page 508.Transcribed by Pam 47202912]
Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 22 Feb 1864
Promoted to Full Asst Surgeon on 01 January 1866
Mustered out on 12 February 1866 at Selma, Alabama
Source: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
The 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment was engaged in the following battles:
Battle of Corinth
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Pleasant Hill∼"John Simpson, M.D., son of Thomas and Mary Simpson, of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England, was born on November 23, 1838. When he was seven years of age his parents came to this country and located at Springfield, Ohio, where they remained until 1849, when they settled in Appleton, Wis. While there, he attended the public schools, and passed through the high school. After one year in the printing business at Fond du Lac, he was engaged several years in agricultural pursuits at Rosendale, Wis., afterward taking charge of the extensive estate of Hon. Bertine Pinkney for two years. He returned to Appleton, and, in 1861, enlisted in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon appointed hospital steward, which was followed by an appointment to the position of assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served two years. Immediately after his discharge from the service, in 1866, having served a year after the close of the War, he began the study of medicine, and matriculated in Rush Medical College, from which institution he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1869. After graduating, he was appointed dispensary physician to Rush Medical College. He has since resided in Chicago, and is recognized by the public and profession as one of the leading physicians of the Northwest.
Dr. Simpson was married on July 4, 1866, to Miss Emily Gleed, of Appleton, Wis., and has four children, -- Carrie E., Lulu, Effie and Bertine B."
[from Andreas, Alfred Theodore,History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes. Vol III. From the Fire of 1871 until 1885. Chapter: Medical History Section: Rush Medical College. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1886; page 508.Transcribed by Pam 47202912]
Enlisted in the 47 Illinois Infantry from Henry County Illinois on 16 August 1861
Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 22 Feb 1864
Promoted to Full Asst Surgeon on 01 January 1866
Mustered out on 12 February 1866 at Selma, Alabama
Source: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
The 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment was engaged in the following battles:
Battle of Corinth
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Pleasant Hill∼"John Simpson, M.D., son of Thomas and Mary Simpson, of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England, was born on November 23, 1838. When he was seven years of age his parents came to this country and located at Springfield, Ohio, where they remained until 1849, when they settled in Appleton, Wis. While there, he attended the public schools, and passed through the high school. After one year in the printing business at Fond du Lac, he was engaged several years in agricultural pursuits at Rosendale, Wis., afterward taking charge of the extensive estate of Hon. Bertine Pinkney for two years. He returned to Appleton, and, in 1861, enlisted in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon appointed hospital steward, which was followed by an appointment to the position of assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served two years. Immediately after his discharge from the service, in 1866, having served a year after the close of the War, he began the study of medicine, and matriculated in Rush Medical College, from which institution he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1869. After graduating, he was appointed dispensary physician to Rush Medical College. He has since resided in Chicago, and is recognized by the public and profession as one of the leading physicians of the Northwest.
Dr. Simpson was married on July 4, 1866, to Miss Emily Gleed, of Appleton, Wis., and has four children, -- Carrie E., Lulu, Effie and Bertine B."
[from Andreas, Alfred Theodore,History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes. Vol III. From the Fire of 1871 until 1885. Chapter: Medical History Section: Rush Medical College. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1886; page 508.Transcribed by Pam 47202912]
Promoted to Full Hospital Steward on 22 Feb 1864
Promoted to Full Asst Surgeon on 01 January 1866
Mustered out on 12 February 1866 at Selma, Alabama
Source: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
The 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment was engaged in the following battles:
Battle of Corinth
Siege of Vicksburg
Red River Campaign
Battle of Pleasant Hill∼"John Simpson, M.D., son of Thomas and Mary Simpson, of Lofthouse, Yorkshire, England, was born on November 23, 1838. When he was seven years of age his parents came to this country and located at Springfield, Ohio, where they remained until 1849, when they settled in Appleton, Wis. While there, he attended the public schools, and passed through the high school. After one year in the printing business at Fond du Lac, he was engaged several years in agricultural pursuits at Rosendale, Wis., afterward taking charge of the extensive estate of Hon. Bertine Pinkney for two years. He returned to Appleton, and, in 1861, enlisted in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon appointed hospital steward, which was followed by an appointment to the position of assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served two years. Immediately after his discharge from the service, in 1866, having served a year after the close of the War, he began the study of medicine, and matriculated in Rush Medical College, from which institution he took his degree as Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1869. After graduating, he was appointed dispensary physician to Rush Medical College. He has since resided in Chicago, and is recognized by the public and profession as one of the leading physicians of the Northwest.
Dr. Simpson was married on July 4, 1866, to Miss Emily Gleed, of Appleton, Wis., and has four children, -- Carrie E., Lulu, Effie and Bertine B."
[from Andreas, Alfred Theodore,History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in Three Volumes. Vol III. From the Fire of 1871 until 1885. Chapter: Medical History Section: Rush Medical College. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1886; page 508.Transcribed by Pam 47202912]
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Hosp. Stew'd
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47 Ill. Inf.
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