Lauderdale, John Vance

Born in New York Nov 13, 1832. Post surgeon at Fort Yuma in 1868. In 1869 he became chief medical officer of the Subdistrict of Southern Arizona at Tucson. He returned to Yuma in 1870 when the Subdistrict was dissolved. He is listed in the Camp Lowell Post Returns between Aug 1869 and Aug 1870. “Considering Camp Lowell was located near the Subdistrict headquarters in Tucson, it was not unusual to be so listed…, however, he did not serve at Camp Lowell.” At the time, Henry Durant was post surgeon at Camp Lowell. Lauderdale died Jan 22, 1931 at Brooklyn, New York.
Schuler, Harold H. “We served at Fort Lowell.” Arizona Historical Society, 2000.
Quebbeman, Frances E. Medicine in territorial Arizona. Phoenix : Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966, page 353.

J Am Med Assoc, Nov 1896; XXVII: 1172: THE PUBLIC SERVICE. Army Changes. RETIREMENT. Major John V. Lauderdale, Surgeon, retired from active service Nov. 13, 1896.
J Am Med Assoc, Mar 1931; 96: 882: John Vance Lauderdale; Major, U. S. Army, retired, Brooklyn ; Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, 1862; entered the Army as an assistant surgeon in 1867, and retired in 1896 for physical disability ; aged 98 ; died, January 22.