"DeWitt," "De Witt," or "Dewitt"[?]
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 338.
Calvin DeWitt: Brigadier General, United States Army; Calvin Dewitt of Pennsylvania; Appointed from Pennsyvlania, Captain, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, 24 October 1861; Resigned 18 January 1863; Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, 14 May 1867; Major, Surgeon, U. S. Army, 21 July 1885; Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 15 December 1898; Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 7 May 1901. Born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1840, the son of the Reverend William R. and Mary Elizabeth (Wallace) DeWitt. He was educated at Harrisburg Academy: A.B. at Princeton, 1860; AM in 1863 and MD in 1865 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Married Josephine Lesesne in 1877. He served in the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War; Captain, 49th Pennsylvania olunteer Infantry, October 1861-January 1863; appointed First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, May 14, 1867, and advanded through the grades to Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Army, May 7, 1901; to Brigadier General, August 9, 1903 and retired from active service on August 10, 1903. He served as a medical officer in several campaigns against Indians and in Cuba. Was an intructor in military hygiene, General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and professor of military medicine and later president, Army Medical School, Washington, D.C. He died in 1908 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Josephine Lesesne Dewitt (1856-1952) outlived him by 44 years, never remarried and is buried with him. Source: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cdewitt.htm
See also: The Army Medical Bulletin, number 53 (July 1940): Calvin DeWitt: Brigadier General, Medical Corps, U. S. Army
Source: http://history.amedd.army.mil/biographies/dewitt.html
See History of Arizona medicine; collections of Orville Harry Brown, M.D. [AHSL Special Collections WZ 70 AA7 H673].
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 338.
Calvin DeWitt: Brigadier General, United States Army; Calvin Dewitt of Pennsylvania; Appointed from Pennsyvlania, Captain, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, 24 October 1861; Resigned 18 January 1863; Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, 14 May 1867; Major, Surgeon, U. S. Army, 21 July 1885; Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 15 December 1898; Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army, 7 May 1901. Born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1840, the son of the Reverend William R. and Mary Elizabeth (Wallace) DeWitt. He was educated at Harrisburg Academy: A.B. at Princeton, 1860; AM in 1863 and MD in 1865 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Married Josephine Lesesne in 1877. He served in the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War; Captain, 49th Pennsylvania olunteer Infantry, October 1861-January 1863; appointed First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, May 14, 1867, and advanded through the grades to Colonel, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Army, May 7, 1901; to Brigadier General, August 9, 1903 and retired from active service on August 10, 1903. He served as a medical officer in several campaigns against Indians and in Cuba. Was an intructor in military hygiene, General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and professor of military medicine and later president, Army Medical School, Washington, D.C. He died in 1908 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Josephine Lesesne Dewitt (1856-1952) outlived him by 44 years, never remarried and is buried with him. Source: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cdewitt.htm
See also: The Army Medical Bulletin, number 53 (July 1940): Calvin DeWitt: Brigadier General, Medical Corps, U. S. Army
Source: http://history.amedd.army.mil/biographies/dewitt.html
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