Father: Jesse L. Bailey (1809-1879)
Mother: Dorothy Alexander Blow (1813-1873)
09/10/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Nansemond Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Lemuel P. Bailey)
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA)
05/15/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. M .G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers, Charlotte C. H., VA
08/11/1861 - Discharged from Capt. M. G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
10/07/1861 - As "Louis P. Bailey", married, Bertha Margaret Roberts (1837-1910), Charlotte Co., VA
12/12/1861 - Discharged from Capt. Smith's VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army
08/10/1864 - In a letter written by Col. Thomas Pearson August, Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, VA, to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "Sir, Dr. L. P. Bailey of the county of Charlotte in this state volunteered in the Cavalry Service at the commencement of the war and remained until discharged for disability. He has recently been examined by a medical board as I am informed and found fit for "Cavalry Service". This finding is not sanctioned by existing orders but the Doctor is anxious to be placed where he can be useful, and therefore he is unwilling to wait until the final decision of his application for detail. The Doctor has been highly recommended to me by a friend upon whose statements I rely implicitly, as a successful practitioner of medicine for the last six years. He has shown me a letter to you from the Surgeon in Charge at Staunton River Bridge asking that he may [be] assigned to him for duty as Hospital Steward. If the application is made for a detail for this purpose by you it will of course receive the most respectful consideration, but I would be gratified if the opportunity for greater usefulness and distinction were allowed the Doctor, and with that view respectfully submit that he be permitted to appear before the Board of Examiners for appointment as Assistant Surgeon. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully yours, T. P. August, Col. & Acting Supt." [Docketing on the back of this letter reads, "S.G.O., Aug. 10/64. Res. referred to Brig. Genl. Kemper to know if the services of Dr. Bailey are required as Steward to the reserve forces. S. P. Moore, Surg. Genl." Still more docketing reads, "Hd. Qrs. Va. Reserves Richmond, Aug 10/64. "There is no Steward at Staunton River Bridge, consequently the services of Dr. Bailey are much needed. C. W. P. Brock, Asst Surgeon with Brig Genl. Kemper."] [Still more docketing, "S.G.O. Aug 10/64. Res. referred to Sec of War for appointment to report to Brig Gen Kemper for duty, etc. S. P. Moore, Surg Genl"]
08/19/1864 - "The following men are appointed Hospital Stewards and will report for
duty as designated . . . .Conscript L. P. Bailey to Brig. Genl. Kemper . . . " [S. O. 196/3]
07/12/1870 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Township, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bethea M., and four children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as L. Philip Bailey)
06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Magisterial District, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, six sons, and 1 daughter; indexed in the 1880U. S. Census as "Dr. Lewis Bailey")
1886 - Practiced medicine, Wylliesburgh, Charlotte Co., VA
1890 - Practiced medicine, Valley View, Smyth Co., VA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Chatham Hill, Smyth Co., VA
1896,1900 - Practiced medicine, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA
06/00/1900 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (as a widower, lived with his
son, Joseph P. Bailey, and his family; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
10/28/1910 - Wife, Bertha, died in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #162382195)
01/19/1912 - Died, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #68234473)
Teena Betourney and Michael Angelo 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.
07/10/2021. Unpublished database.
Mother: Dorothy Alexander Blow (1813-1873)
09/10/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Nansemond Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Lemuel P. Bailey)
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA)
05/15/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. M .G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers, Charlotte C. H., VA
08/11/1861 - Discharged from Capt. M. G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
10/07/1861 - As "Louis P. Bailey", married, Bertha Margaret Roberts (1837-1910), Charlotte Co., VA
12/12/1861 - Discharged from Capt. Smith's VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army
08/10/1864 - In a letter written by Col. Thomas Pearson August, Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, VA, to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "Sir, Dr. L. P. Bailey of the county of Charlotte in this state volunteered in the Cavalry Service at the commencement of the war and remained until discharged for disability. He has recently been examined by a medical board as I am informed and found fit for "Cavalry Service". This finding is not sanctioned by existing orders but the Doctor is anxious to be placed where he can be useful, and therefore he is unwilling to wait until the final decision of his application for detail. The Doctor has been highly recommended to me by a friend upon whose statements I rely implicitly, as a successful practitioner of medicine for the last six years. He has shown me a letter to you from the Surgeon in Charge at Staunton River Bridge asking that he may [be] assigned to him for duty as Hospital Steward. If the application is made for a detail for this purpose by you it will of course receive the most respectful consideration, but I would be gratified if the opportunity for greater usefulness and distinction were allowed the Doctor, and with that view respectfully submit that he be permitted to appear before the Board of Examiners for appointment as Assistant Surgeon. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully yours, T. P. August, Col. & Acting Supt." [Docketing on the back of this letter reads, "S.G.O., Aug. 10/64. Res. referred to Brig. Genl. Kemper to know if the services of Dr. Bailey are required as Steward to the reserve forces. S. P. Moore, Surg. Genl." Still more docketing reads, "Hd. Qrs. Va. Reserves Richmond, Aug 10/64. "There is no Steward at Staunton River Bridge, consequently the services of Dr. Bailey are much needed. C. W. P. Brock, Asst Surgeon with Brig Genl. Kemper."] [Still more docketing, "S.G.O. Aug 10/64. Res. referred to Sec of War for appointment to report to Brig Gen Kemper for duty, etc. S. P. Moore, Surg Genl"]
08/19/1864 - "The following men are appointed Hospital Stewards and will report for
duty as designated . . . .Conscript L. P. Bailey to Brig. Genl. Kemper . . . " [S. O. 196/3]
07/12/1870 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Township, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bethea M., and four children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as L. Philip Bailey)
06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Magisterial District, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, six sons, and 1 daughter; indexed in the 1880U. S. Census as "Dr. Lewis Bailey")
1886 - Practiced medicine, Wylliesburgh, Charlotte Co., VA
1890 - Practiced medicine, Valley View, Smyth Co., VA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Chatham Hill, Smyth Co., VA
1896,1900 - Practiced medicine, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA
06/00/1900 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (as a widower, lived with his
son, Joseph P. Bailey, and his family; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
10/28/1910 - Wife, Bertha, died in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #162382195)
01/19/1912 - Died, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #68234473)
Teena Betourney and Michael Angelo 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.
07/10/2021. Unpublished database.
Father: Jesse L. Bailey (1809-1879)
Mother: Dorothy Alexander Blow (1813-1873)
09/10/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Nansemond Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Lemuel P. Bailey)
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA)
05/15/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. M .G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers, Charlotte C. H., VA
08/11/1861 - Discharged from Capt. M. G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
10/07/1861 - As "Louis P. Bailey", married, Bertha Margaret Roberts (1837-1910), Charlotte Co., VA
12/12/1861 - Discharged from Capt. Smith's VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army
08/10/1864 - In a letter written by Col. Thomas Pearson August, Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, VA, to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "Sir, Dr. L. P. Bailey of the county of Charlotte in this state volunteered in the Cavalry Service at the commencement of the war and remained until discharged for disability. He has recently been examined by a medical board as I am informed and found fit for "Cavalry Service". This finding is not sanctioned by existing orders but the Doctor is anxious to be placed where he can be useful, and therefore he is unwilling to wait until the final decision of his application for detail. The Doctor has been highly recommended to me by a friend upon whose statements I rely implicitly, as a successful practitioner of medicine for the last six years. He has shown me a letter to you from the Surgeon in Charge at Staunton River Bridge asking that he may [be] assigned to him for duty as Hospital Steward. If the application is made for a detail for this purpose by you it will of course receive the most respectful consideration, but I would be gratified if the opportunity for greater usefulness and distinction were allowed the Doctor, and with that view respectfully submit that he be permitted to appear before the Board of Examiners for appointment as Assistant Surgeon. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully yours, T. P. August, Col. & Acting Supt." [Docketing on the back of this letter reads, "S.G.O., Aug. 10/64. Res. referred to Brig. Genl. Kemper to know if the services of Dr. Bailey are required as Steward to the reserve forces. S. P. Moore, Surg. Genl." Still more docketing reads, "Hd. Qrs. Va. Reserves Richmond, Aug 10/64. "There is no Steward at Staunton River Bridge, consequently the services of Dr. Bailey are much needed. C. W. P. Brock, Asst Surgeon with Brig Genl. Kemper."] [Still more docketing, "S.G.O. Aug 10/64. Res. referred to Sec of War for appointment to report to Brig Gen Kemper for duty, etc. S. P. Moore, Surg Genl"]
08/19/1864 - "The following men are appointed Hospital Stewards and will report for
duty as designated . . . .Conscript L. P. Bailey to Brig. Genl. Kemper . . . " [S. O. 196/3]
07/12/1870 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Township, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bethea M., and four children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as L. Philip Bailey)
06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Magisterial District, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, six sons, and 1 daughter; indexed in the 1880U. S. Census as "Dr. Lewis Bailey")
1886 - Practiced medicine, Wylliesburgh, Charlotte Co., VA
1890 - Practiced medicine, Valley View, Smyth Co., VA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Chatham Hill, Smyth Co., VA
1896,1900 - Practiced medicine, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA
06/00/1900 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (as a widower, lived with his
son, Joseph P. Bailey, and his family; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
10/28/1910 - Wife, Bertha, died in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #162382195)
01/19/1912 - Died, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #68234473)
Teena Betourney and Michael Angelo 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.
07/10/2021. Unpublished database.
Mother: Dorothy Alexander Blow (1813-1873)
09/10/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, Nansemond Co., VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Lemuel P. Bailey)
1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA)
05/15/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. M .G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers, Charlotte C. H., VA
08/11/1861 - Discharged from Capt. M. G. Smith's Charlotte Cavalry VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
10/07/1861 - As "Louis P. Bailey", married, Bertha Margaret Roberts (1837-1910), Charlotte Co., VA
12/12/1861 - Discharged from Capt. Smith's VA Volunteers and the Confederate Army
08/10/1864 - In a letter written by Col. Thomas Pearson August, Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, VA, to Surgeon General S. P. Moore, Richmond, VA, "Sir, Dr. L. P. Bailey of the county of Charlotte in this state volunteered in the Cavalry Service at the commencement of the war and remained until discharged for disability. He has recently been examined by a medical board as I am informed and found fit for "Cavalry Service". This finding is not sanctioned by existing orders but the Doctor is anxious to be placed where he can be useful, and therefore he is unwilling to wait until the final decision of his application for detail. The Doctor has been highly recommended to me by a friend upon whose statements I rely implicitly, as a successful practitioner of medicine for the last six years. He has shown me a letter to you from the Surgeon in Charge at Staunton River Bridge asking that he may [be] assigned to him for duty as Hospital Steward. If the application is made for a detail for this purpose by you it will of course receive the most respectful consideration, but I would be gratified if the opportunity for greater usefulness and distinction were allowed the Doctor, and with that view respectfully submit that he be permitted to appear before the Board of Examiners for appointment as Assistant Surgeon. I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully yours, T. P. August, Col. & Acting Supt." [Docketing on the back of this letter reads, "S.G.O., Aug. 10/64. Res. referred to Brig. Genl. Kemper to know if the services of Dr. Bailey are required as Steward to the reserve forces. S. P. Moore, Surg. Genl." Still more docketing reads, "Hd. Qrs. Va. Reserves Richmond, Aug 10/64. "There is no Steward at Staunton River Bridge, consequently the services of Dr. Bailey are much needed. C. W. P. Brock, Asst Surgeon with Brig Genl. Kemper."] [Still more docketing, "S.G.O. Aug 10/64. Res. referred to Sec of War for appointment to report to Brig Gen Kemper for duty, etc. S. P. Moore, Surg Genl"]
08/19/1864 - "The following men are appointed Hospital Stewards and will report for
duty as designated . . . .Conscript L. P. Bailey to Brig. Genl. Kemper . . . " [S. O. 196/3]
07/12/1870 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Township, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bethea M., and four children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as L. Philip Bailey)
06/14/1880 - Practiced medicine, Bacon Magisterial District, Charlotte Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, six sons, and 1 daughter; indexed in the 1880U. S. Census as "Dr. Lewis Bailey")
1886 - Practiced medicine, Wylliesburgh, Charlotte Co., VA
1890 - Practiced medicine, Valley View, Smyth Co., VA
1893 - Practiced medicine, Chatham Hill, Smyth Co., VA
1896,1900 - Practiced medicine, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA
06/00/1900 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (lived with his wife, Bertha M, and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Roanoke, Halifax Co., VA (as a widower, lived with his
son, Joseph P. Bailey, and his family; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as "Louis P. Bailey")
10/28/1910 - Wife, Bertha, died in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #162382195)
01/19/1912 - Died, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Scottsburg, Halifax Co., VA; FindAGrave #68234473)
Teena Betourney and Michael Angelo 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.
07/10/2021. Unpublished database.
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