American Biographical History Of Eminent And Self Made Men

Author : F. A. Barnard
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230150048
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book American Biographical History of Eminent and Self and Self-Made written by F. A. Barnard and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...with a company of men, to California, and spent two years in traveling. Three years after his return, in partnership with Doctor DeCamp, he went into the drug business, at Grand Rapids; and, at the same time, resumed his practice. At the end of three years, he went to Toledo, Ohio, upon the urgent solicitation of Doctor Clark. When the civil war broke out, he was desirous to enter the service; and, early in 1862, became Surgeon of the 111th Ohio Volunteers. He was engaged in more than twenty important battles, being always in active service. He was made Brigade Surgeon at Covington, when the Army of Ohio was reorganized. He was present at the siege of Wilmington, to receive exchanged prisoners from Andersonville. Here he caught the spotted fever, from which, it is thought, he never fully recovered. During the last two years of the war, he served in the position of Brigade Surgeon of the Second Brigade, Second Division, of the Twenty-third Army Corps. Perhaps no man in the whole brigade was so universally beloved by his comrades in arms as Doctor Brewer. His heart was in the cause of his country; and, until the last foe surrendered, he remained at his post, nobly performing his duties. At the close of the war, he resumed his professional life, at Hillsdale. He remained here until May, 1875, when he accepted the appointment of physician at Spotted Tail Agency, hoping that life on the plains would restore his health. Receiving no material benefit, he resigned his position, after a few months, and went back to his work at Hillsdale. He went to the plains a second time, as resident physician at Red Cloud Agency; but, as the relief was only temporary, he returned home. He suffered from frequent hemorrhages of the lungs, and finally died June...