African American Surgeons and Caregivers Who Served During the Civil War
February 2 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Sunday, February 2 | 1:30pm – 3pm | Presented by Dr. Trevor Steinbach
Dr. Trevor Steinbach, President of the Society of Civil War Surgeons, will present a program on the African American surgeons and caregivers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. His program will introduce the audience to the service of Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta, the first commissioned African-American Army Doctor of the Union Army. Also considered will be Dr. David O McCord and Dr. John Van Surly DeGrasse, two other medical officers commissioned by the United States during the war. Dr. Steinbach will also give information on nine other African-American Assistant contract surgeons who were temporarily appointed to the position of Surgeon by the United States government during the war.
This lecture is part of Civil War Medical Weekend programming.
