Father: George W. Sitman (~1805NJ-1870)
Mother: Mariah "Maria" Donnella (~1808VA -1860)
11/02/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs; West District, Hanover Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Charles L. Pitman")
- Educated at Moscow College & Coll. Henry
06/18/1860 - Teacher, St. Helena Parish, LA (lived with Maston Newsom, a 36 y.o. farmer; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as C. H. Sitman)
1859-1861 - Attended, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
1861 - M. D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: LA)
05/25/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., (old) Co. G., 4th LA Infantry, Camp Moore, Tangipahoa Parish, LA
06/08/1861 - Employed as "Post Surgeon", Fort Chene, St. Mary Parish, LA
12/31/1861 - Acting Surgeon of Post, Fort Chene
02/28/1862 - Pvt., (old) Co. G., 4th LA Infantry
05/21/1862 - 2nd Cpl.,4th LA Infantry [Capt. J. H. Wingfield's Company]
05/04/1862 - Appointed as Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, 2nd Brigade, by Col. R. L.
Gibson, 13th LA Infantry
09/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, 14 & 20th LA Infantry
11/16/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Allisonia, TN
12/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, Anderson's Division, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, TN
12/04/1862 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to
rank from 08/21/1862
04/04 1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, Camp Wartrace [Tennessee]
05/08/1863 - Purchased a saddle for $20.00 at a camp near Wartrace, TN
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, Camp in Chattanooga, TN
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, near Georgia, GA
01/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th & 20th LA Infantry, Gen. Adams' Brigade, near Dalton, GA
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry
03/17/1864 - "Assistant Surgeon C. M. Sitman will, when relieved report without delay to Surgeon Stout, Medical Director, Atlanta Georgia for assignment to duty"
[S. O. 64/14]
05/31/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon F. H. Evans in Charge of Hospitals,
LaGrange, GA, by Medical Director S. H. Stout
05/31/1864 - As Asst Surgeon, 13th LA Infantry, Army of Tennessee, absent, sick
06/18/1864 - Left St. Mary's Hospital, LaGrange, GA, and returned to duty as Asst.
Surgeon, 13th/20th LA Infantry
09/27/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Union Springs, AL
12/31/1864 - Gen. Hospital, West Point, MS, Army of Tennessee
02/11/1865 - Placed under the jurisdiction Of Medical Director P. B. Scott
[S.O. 41 Dept. Ala., Miss., & E. La.]
02/28/1865 - Asst. Surgeon, Cannon Hospital, West Pont, MS
03/04/1865 - "Asst Surgeon Chas M. Sitman is relieved from duty in Cannon Hospital,
West Point, Miss, and will report to Major Holliday, C. S., Gainesville, Ala., for duty with Government Employees." [S. O. 60/4 Dept. Ala., Miss., & E. La.]
03/29/1865 - Asst. Surgeon, Cannon Hospital, Dalton, GA
05/11/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, P.A.C.S., paroled by the U. S. Army, Meridian, MS
02/22/1866 - Married, Minnesota Iowa "Minnie" Womack (1848LA-1909LA)
06/21/1870 - Physician, Ward 2, St. Helena Parish, LA (lived with wife, Minnie, and two children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "Charles Silman")
1871 - Practiced medicine, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
08/01/1874 - In response to a request by the Democratic State Central Committee [of Louisiana], elected as a delegate to the State Convention by the Democracy of St. Helena Parish
1886 - Practiced medicine, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
01/00/1886 - Dr. C. M. Sitman & Co.'s store and stock at Greensburg were destroyed by
fire with a loss of $7,000
1890 - Practiced medicine, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
1892 - Son, George Womack Sitman (1870-1937), received an M. D. degree from Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1893 - Practiced medicine with his son, Dr. George Womack Sitman, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
1896 - Practiced medicine alone Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
09/06/1896 - Elected as an Alterman, Greensburg, LA
06/05/1900 - Practiced medicine, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA (lived with wife,
Minnie L", one daughter, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Chas. M. Sitman")
12/14/1900 - Owned a farm "just east of Tickfaw on the Amite road" which was farmed
by Mr. Ivy E. Burton.
05/28/1901 - Elected, Member, Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy
05/09/1902 - "Dr. C.M. Sitman returned home last Sunday after spending two weeks
attending the reunion [United Confederate Veterans] at Dallas and visiting relatives at Gainesville, TX, and at Oklahoma, Indian Territory." [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, Fri. Sept. 22, 1905, p. 2, c. 1.]
1904 - Member, Louisiana State Medical Society
09/22/1905 - As President, St. Helena Parish Board of Health, published the following:
"Quarantine Notice! The Parish Board of Health at a special meeting held on Tuesday last, owing to the outbreak of yellow fever at Kentwood, La., passed the following ordinance: Be it Resolved, That from and after this date the following articles are specially prohibited being shipped into this parish: Any and all articles in sacks: baggage of every description; cotton bagging, fruits vegetables, clothing and furnishing goods, hats, etc. C. M. SITMAN, M.D., Pres. Par. Board of Health) [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, Sept. 22, 1905, p. 2, c. 1.]
03/22/1907 - "Important Notice. Notice is hereby given to people suffering from Small-
Pox that it is unlawful to come out under twenty one (21) day's from date of onset of disease under penalty of Law and are liable to a fine of not less than $25.00 and be subject to quarintine [sic- quarantine] restrictions for the required time. Further notice is given that all persons in the infected district are required to be vacinated [sic-vaccinated] under penalty of the law. Physicians are requested to keep up the yellow flag on all infected houses and the public in general is warned not to visit the infected locality. By order of, C. M. Sitman, M. D., Pres. Parish Board of Health" [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, March 22, 1907, p.4, c. 1]
02/07/1908 - "VALENTINES - Beautiful Valentines for sale At Dr. C. M. Sitman's drug store." [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, Feb. 7, 1908, p. 3, c. 3.]
06/26/1908 - Member, St. Helena Camp 1484, United Confederate Veterans
03/08/1909 - Wife, "Minnie", died in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA (buried: Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA; FindAGrave #34525794)
04/18/1910 - Practiced medicine, Ward 2, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA (lived with
one son, one daughter, one son-in-law, two granddaughters, and two grandsons; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Chas. M. Ditman, Sr.")
12/01/1912 - Son, Joseph M. Sitman, married Miss Evelyn Bettie Burton, Greensburg, St. Helena Pariah, LA
06/26/1913 - Left for Gettysburg, PA, "to help fight over again that great battle of the Civil War" [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, June 27, 1913, p. 3, c. 1.]
10/16/1914 - Proprietor, Dr. C. M. Sitman's Drug Store, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA
06/04/1915 - "Dr. C. M. Sitman left last Friday for Richmond, Va., to attend the Confederate Veterans Reunion, and will visit his brother and sister at Ashland, Va., before he returns. It goes without saying that a trip back to the land of his nativity will be greatly enjoyed and refreshing. He was accompanied from New Orleans by his son, Dr. G. W. Sitman, of Burtville." [Source: St. Helena Echo, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA, June 4, 1915, p. 3, c. 1.]
01/28/1916 - Ill with "la grippe" [influenza]
01/26/1917 - Son, Dr. George W. Sitman, who had been located in Manchac, LA, returned to Greensburg, LA, to practice medicine with his father
- Member, Free and Accepted Masons
- Member, Knights of Honor
- Member, Methodist Church
10/18/1919 - Died, Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, LA (buried: Greensburg Cemetery,
Greensburg, LA; FindAGrave #34525795)
06/16/1937 - Son, Dr. George Womack Sitman, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
A. A. McCraney, Roseland, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (buried: Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, LA; FindAGrave #34525835)

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
08/29/2021. Unpublished database.