The Donald L. Logan Civil War Memorial Page – People – Civil War Era Physicians and Surgeons
Benjamin Anthony Boseman (1840-1881)
Benjamin A. Boseman, physician, politician, and postmaster, was free born in New York in 1840 to Benjamin A. and Annaretta...
John Van Surly DeGrasse (1825-1868)
John Van Surly DeGrasse was a commissioned physician with the Union Army during the American Civil War and was the...
William B. Powell Jr. (1834-1915)
William B. Powell Jr., one of the first African American physicians to receive a contract as a surgeon with the...
Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913)
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first Black doctor, was born on April 7, 1837, in Toronto, Ontario. He was the son...
Alexander T. Augusta (1825-1890)
Alexander Thomas Augusta was the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was also the...
