Dr. Thomas Bridgum Benedect was born in March 1811 and was the son of General Thomas Bridgum Benedect and Mary (Wilson) Benedect. A doctor in New Orleans when the Civil War broke out, he offered his services to the Confederacy, and was a doctor at the General Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the siege of the city. He was killed on June 1, 1863, and buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Vicksburg.∼Father: Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr.
Mother: Mary Wilson
03/11/1829 - Father, Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr., died
1840 - Married, Margaret Laidlaw, Rossie, Lawrence Co., NY (she was born in Scotland and died in 1841)
1841 - Wife, Margaret, died (buried: Old Oxbow Cemetery, Oxbow, NY)
1847 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from MS)
08/28/1850 - Practiced medicine in Wilkinson Co, MS (living in the home of Robert Woodsides, a 52 y.o. planter who was born in SC)
1855 - Practiced medicine in New Orleans, LA
10/00/1856 - Married, Anne Smith Walker, ?New Orleans, LA (born in England and died in 1903)
07/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Tensas, Catahoula Parish, LA (living with Sarah Benedict, 26 y.o. female who was born in NY)
01/31/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, 1st MS Light Artillery (Col. W. T. Withers), attached to Gen. S. D. Lee's Brigade, on a requisition for medical and hospital supplies for his camp near Vicksburg, MS, wrote, "Articles of astringent character are much required, as well as expectorants & Quinine as Diarrhoea, Bronchial, and Intermittants Intermittents] are uncommonly prevalent in our camp and our
supply of those articles are extremely limited. Also Tinct of Colchici [Tincture of Colchicine] as there is some six cases of Rheumatism under treatment at this time, Thos B. Benedict, Asst Surg" Approved by J. W. Barnett, Chief Surgeon, Genl. Smith
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/22/62
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from Alabama by the Confederate States Senate
06/01/1863 - Died, Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS Vicksburg, MS; (cause of death unknown)
10/31/1863 - Brother, Dr. Noah Bennet Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA
06/08/1900 - Widow, Ann [Anne], inmate in Fink Asylum, Orleans Parish, LA
01/00/1903 - Widow, Anne Smith Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA (buried, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA - buried on 01/19/1903)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
08/09/2015. Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Wilson
03/11/1829 - Father, Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr., died
1840 - Married, Margaret Laidlaw, Rossie, Lawrence Co., NY (she was born in Scotland and died in 1841)
1841 - Wife, Margaret, died (buried: Old Oxbow Cemetery, Oxbow, NY)
1847 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from MS)
08/28/1850 - Practiced medicine in Wilkinson Co, MS (living in the home of Robert Woodsides, a 52 y.o. planter who was born in SC)
1855 - Practiced medicine in New Orleans, LA
10/00/1856 - Married, Anne Smith Walker, ?New Orleans, LA (born in England and died in 1903)
07/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Tensas, Catahoula Parish, LA (living with Sarah Benedict, 26 y.o. female who was born in NY)
01/31/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, 1st MS Light Artillery (Col. W. T. Withers), attached to Gen. S. D. Lee's Brigade, on a requisition for medical and hospital supplies for his camp near Vicksburg, MS, wrote, "Articles of astringent character are much required, as well as expectorants & Quinine as Diarrhoea, Bronchial, and Intermittants Intermittents] are uncommonly prevalent in our camp and our
supply of those articles are extremely limited. Also Tinct of Colchici [Tincture of Colchicine] as there is some six cases of Rheumatism under treatment at this time, Thos B. Benedict, Asst Surg" Approved by J. W. Barnett, Chief Surgeon, Genl. Smith
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/22/62
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from Alabama by the Confederate States Senate
06/01/1863 - Died, Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS Vicksburg, MS; (cause of death unknown)
10/31/1863 - Brother, Dr. Noah Bennet Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA
06/08/1900 - Widow, Ann [Anne], inmate in Fink Asylum, Orleans Parish, LA
01/00/1903 - Widow, Anne Smith Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA (buried, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA - buried on 01/19/1903)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
08/09/2015. Unpublished database.
Dr. Thomas Bridgum Benedect was born in March 1811 and was the son of General Thomas Bridgum Benedect and Mary (Wilson) Benedect. A doctor in New Orleans when the Civil War broke out, he offered his services to the Confederacy, and was a doctor at the General Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the siege of the city. He was killed on June 1, 1863, and buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery at Vicksburg.∼Father: Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr.
Mother: Mary Wilson
03/11/1829 - Father, Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr., died
1840 - Married, Margaret Laidlaw, Rossie, Lawrence Co., NY (she was born in Scotland and died in 1841)
1841 - Wife, Margaret, died (buried: Old Oxbow Cemetery, Oxbow, NY)
1847 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from MS)
08/28/1850 - Practiced medicine in Wilkinson Co, MS (living in the home of Robert Woodsides, a 52 y.o. planter who was born in SC)
1855 - Practiced medicine in New Orleans, LA
10/00/1856 - Married, Anne Smith Walker, ?New Orleans, LA (born in England and died in 1903)
07/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Tensas, Catahoula Parish, LA (living with Sarah Benedict, 26 y.o. female who was born in NY)
01/31/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, 1st MS Light Artillery (Col. W. T. Withers), attached to Gen. S. D. Lee's Brigade, on a requisition for medical and hospital supplies for his camp near Vicksburg, MS, wrote, "Articles of astringent character are much required, as well as expectorants & Quinine as Diarrhoea, Bronchial, and Intermittants Intermittents] are uncommonly prevalent in our camp and our
supply of those articles are extremely limited. Also Tinct of Colchici [Tincture of Colchicine] as there is some six cases of Rheumatism under treatment at this time, Thos B. Benedict, Asst Surg" Approved by J. W. Barnett, Chief Surgeon, Genl. Smith
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/22/62
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from Alabama by the Confederate States Senate
06/01/1863 - Died, Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS Vicksburg, MS; (cause of death unknown)
10/31/1863 - Brother, Dr. Noah Bennet Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA
06/08/1900 - Widow, Ann [Anne], inmate in Fink Asylum, Orleans Parish, LA
01/00/1903 - Widow, Anne Smith Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA (buried, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA - buried on 01/19/1903)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
08/09/2015. Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Wilson
03/11/1829 - Father, Thomas Bridgum Benedict, Sr., died
1840 - Married, Margaret Laidlaw, Rossie, Lawrence Co., NY (she was born in Scotland and died in 1841)
1841 - Wife, Margaret, died (buried: Old Oxbow Cemetery, Oxbow, NY)
1847 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from MS)
08/28/1850 - Practiced medicine in Wilkinson Co, MS (living in the home of Robert Woodsides, a 52 y.o. planter who was born in SC)
1855 - Practiced medicine in New Orleans, LA
10/00/1856 - Married, Anne Smith Walker, ?New Orleans, LA (born in England and died in 1903)
07/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Tensas, Catahoula Parish, LA (living with Sarah Benedict, 26 y.o. female who was born in NY)
01/31/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, 1st MS Light Artillery (Col. W. T. Withers), attached to Gen. S. D. Lee's Brigade, on a requisition for medical and hospital supplies for his camp near Vicksburg, MS, wrote, "Articles of astringent character are much required, as well as expectorants & Quinine as Diarrhoea, Bronchial, and Intermittants Intermittents] are uncommonly prevalent in our camp and our
supply of those articles are extremely limited. Also Tinct of Colchici [Tincture of Colchicine] as there is some six cases of Rheumatism under treatment at this time, Thos B. Benedict, Asst Surg" Approved by J. W. Barnett, Chief Surgeon, Genl. Smith
04/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/22/62
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from Alabama by the Confederate States Senate
06/01/1863 - Died, Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS Vicksburg, MS; (cause of death unknown)
10/31/1863 - Brother, Dr. Noah Bennet Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA
06/08/1900 - Widow, Ann [Anne], inmate in Fink Asylum, Orleans Parish, LA
01/00/1903 - Widow, Anne Smith Benedict, died in New Orleans, LA (buried, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, LA - buried on 01/19/1903)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
08/09/2015. Unpublished database.
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assistant surgeon of C S A, died in Vicksburg, Miss June 1st 1863, aged 52 years. He fell asleep at his post, Dying for a land and cause that he loved more than life and he died in faith. Falling asleep in JESUS.
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