Father: Dr. William Levin Powell
Mother: Ann Maria Powell [a cousin])
07/21/1854 - Entered, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 09/27/1854 - Resigned, VMI (physically unable to discharge the duties of a cadet - had problems with in-grown toenails)
1860-1861 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. He left the university in the spring of 1861 "to enter the ranks" of the Confederate Army - did not graduate
04/17/1861 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry, Alexandria, VA
05/21/1861 - Mustered into service with the 17th VA Infantry
08/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry
09/30/1861 - Surgeon James Lawrence Cabell, Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, wrote a very honest and sincere letter to Medical Director Thomas Henry Williams stating that he would like to have Private Powell detailed to him as a nurse, but that he "could not conscientiously say that his services were important, but my sympathies were excited in behalf of the youth who was anxious to get a medical education, whose health I heard was delicate & who had several brothers in the service. I accordingly endorsed his application & hoped it might be granted."
10/00/1861 - Sick in Loudoun Co., VA
05/00/1862 - Detailed as a Hospital Steward
06/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Charlottesville, VA
10/00/1862 - Hospital Steward
11/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Liberty, VA
01/08/1863 - Passed Confederate Navy Board of Medical Examination
01/08/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, CS Navy
02/06/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Navy, by Confederate Senate
00/00/1863 - Served, Jackson Station [MS]
1863-1864 - Served, Mobile Station [AL]
- Served, Naval Hospital, Mobile, AL
00/00/1863 - Served on CSS Tuscaloosa
00/00/1864 - Served on CSS Missouri
05/04/1865 - Surrendered in Alabama
05/10/1865 - Paroled, Nanna Hubba Bluff, AL
1866 - Emigrated to South America and worked as a Surgeon for the Colombian Navy or the Chilean Navy
1869 - M.D. degree, Washington University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
1876 - Married Mary Crawford Gregory, Alexandria, VA
- Physician for the Richmond and Danville [VA] Railroad
1880,1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
05/09/1890 - Died, Alexandria, VA
This biography includes input from Bev and from the
VMI Historical Archives
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/26/2006. Updated 09/04/2013.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Ann Maria Powell [a cousin])
07/21/1854 - Entered, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 09/27/1854 - Resigned, VMI (physically unable to discharge the duties of a cadet - had problems with in-grown toenails)
1860-1861 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. He left the university in the spring of 1861 "to enter the ranks" of the Confederate Army - did not graduate
04/17/1861 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry, Alexandria, VA
05/21/1861 - Mustered into service with the 17th VA Infantry
08/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry
09/30/1861 - Surgeon James Lawrence Cabell, Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, wrote a very honest and sincere letter to Medical Director Thomas Henry Williams stating that he would like to have Private Powell detailed to him as a nurse, but that he "could not conscientiously say that his services were important, but my sympathies were excited in behalf of the youth who was anxious to get a medical education, whose health I heard was delicate & who had several brothers in the service. I accordingly endorsed his application & hoped it might be granted."
10/00/1861 - Sick in Loudoun Co., VA
05/00/1862 - Detailed as a Hospital Steward
06/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Charlottesville, VA
10/00/1862 - Hospital Steward
11/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Liberty, VA
01/08/1863 - Passed Confederate Navy Board of Medical Examination
01/08/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, CS Navy
02/06/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Navy, by Confederate Senate
00/00/1863 - Served, Jackson Station [MS]
1863-1864 - Served, Mobile Station [AL]
- Served, Naval Hospital, Mobile, AL
00/00/1863 - Served on CSS Tuscaloosa
00/00/1864 - Served on CSS Missouri
05/04/1865 - Surrendered in Alabama
05/10/1865 - Paroled, Nanna Hubba Bluff, AL
1866 - Emigrated to South America and worked as a Surgeon for the Colombian Navy or the Chilean Navy
1869 - M.D. degree, Washington University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
1876 - Married Mary Crawford Gregory, Alexandria, VA
- Physician for the Richmond and Danville [VA] Railroad
1880,1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
05/09/1890 - Died, Alexandria, VA
This biography includes input from Bev and from the
VMI Historical Archives
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/26/2006. Updated 09/04/2013.
Unpublished database.
Father: Dr. William Levin Powell
Mother: Ann Maria Powell [a cousin])
07/21/1854 - Entered, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 09/27/1854 - Resigned, VMI (physically unable to discharge the duties of a cadet - had problems with in-grown toenails)
1860-1861 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. He left the university in the spring of 1861 "to enter the ranks" of the Confederate Army - did not graduate
04/17/1861 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry, Alexandria, VA
05/21/1861 - Mustered into service with the 17th VA Infantry
08/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry
09/30/1861 - Surgeon James Lawrence Cabell, Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, wrote a very honest and sincere letter to Medical Director Thomas Henry Williams stating that he would like to have Private Powell detailed to him as a nurse, but that he "could not conscientiously say that his services were important, but my sympathies were excited in behalf of the youth who was anxious to get a medical education, whose health I heard was delicate & who had several brothers in the service. I accordingly endorsed his application & hoped it might be granted."
10/00/1861 - Sick in Loudoun Co., VA
05/00/1862 - Detailed as a Hospital Steward
06/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Charlottesville, VA
10/00/1862 - Hospital Steward
11/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Liberty, VA
01/08/1863 - Passed Confederate Navy Board of Medical Examination
01/08/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, CS Navy
02/06/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Navy, by Confederate Senate
00/00/1863 - Served, Jackson Station [MS]
1863-1864 - Served, Mobile Station [AL]
- Served, Naval Hospital, Mobile, AL
00/00/1863 - Served on CSS Tuscaloosa
00/00/1864 - Served on CSS Missouri
05/04/1865 - Surrendered in Alabama
05/10/1865 - Paroled, Nanna Hubba Bluff, AL
1866 - Emigrated to South America and worked as a Surgeon for the Colombian Navy or the Chilean Navy
1869 - M.D. degree, Washington University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
1876 - Married Mary Crawford Gregory, Alexandria, VA
- Physician for the Richmond and Danville [VA] Railroad
1880,1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
05/09/1890 - Died, Alexandria, VA
This biography includes input from Bev and from the
VMI Historical Archives
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/26/2006. Updated 09/04/2013.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Ann Maria Powell [a cousin])
07/21/1854 - Entered, Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 09/27/1854 - Resigned, VMI (physically unable to discharge the duties of a cadet - had problems with in-grown toenails)
1860-1861 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. He left the university in the spring of 1861 "to enter the ranks" of the Confederate Army - did not graduate
04/17/1861 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry, Alexandria, VA
05/21/1861 - Mustered into service with the 17th VA Infantry
08/00/1861 - Pvt., Co. A, 17th VA Infantry
09/30/1861 - Surgeon James Lawrence Cabell, Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, wrote a very honest and sincere letter to Medical Director Thomas Henry Williams stating that he would like to have Private Powell detailed to him as a nurse, but that he "could not conscientiously say that his services were important, but my sympathies were excited in behalf of the youth who was anxious to get a medical education, whose health I heard was delicate & who had several brothers in the service. I accordingly endorsed his application & hoped it might be granted."
10/00/1861 - Sick in Loudoun Co., VA
05/00/1862 - Detailed as a Hospital Steward
06/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Charlottesville, VA
10/00/1862 - Hospital Steward
11/00/1862 - Hospital Steward, Gen. Hospital, Liberty, VA
01/08/1863 - Passed Confederate Navy Board of Medical Examination
01/08/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, CS Navy
02/06/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Navy, by Confederate Senate
00/00/1863 - Served, Jackson Station [MS]
1863-1864 - Served, Mobile Station [AL]
- Served, Naval Hospital, Mobile, AL
00/00/1863 - Served on CSS Tuscaloosa
00/00/1864 - Served on CSS Missouri
05/04/1865 - Surrendered in Alabama
05/10/1865 - Paroled, Nanna Hubba Bluff, AL
1866 - Emigrated to South America and worked as a Surgeon for the Colombian Navy or the Chilean Navy
1869 - M.D. degree, Washington University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
1876 - Married Mary Crawford Gregory, Alexandria, VA
- Physician for the Richmond and Danville [VA] Railroad
1880,1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
05/09/1890 - Died, Alexandria, VA
This biography includes input from Bev and from the
VMI Historical Archives
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/26/2006. Updated 09/04/2013.
Unpublished database.
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