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Dr. Robert Joseph Parham

5 Jun 1839 – 29 Jul 1876

Birth5 Jun 1839
Death29 Jul 1876
CemeteryVaughn Cemetery
Steens , Lowndes County , Mississippi , USA
Added byBrad Wolfe on 30 May 2010
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13166202

Bio

06/05/1839 - Born, NC 1858-1859 - Attended, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN (from Choctaw Agency, MS) 1859-1860 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Choctaw Agency, Oktibbeha Co., MS) 1860 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (preceptor: Dr. D. F. Owen; thesis: "Acute Enteritis") 07/14/1860 - Practiced medicine, Oktibbeha Co., MS (lived with the Josiah Henden family; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Joseph Parham) 05/29/1861 - Enlisted and mustered in as Pvt., Capt. John M. Ware's Co., 14th MS Infantry, Corinth, MS 08/15/1861 - Detached on duty in hospital, Corinth, MS 12/31/1861 - Pvt., Co. G, 14th MS Infantry 02/16/1862 - Captured, Fort Donelson, TN 06/18/1862 - Given passport #195, Dept. of E. Tennessee 08/01/1862 - Prisoner, Camp Douglas, IL (escaped) 09/25/1862 - Appointed 1st Sgt. at Clinton, MS 10/31/1862 - 1st Sgt., Co. G, 14th MS Infantry 12/00/1862 - 1st Sgt., Co. G, 14th MS Infantry 02/00/1863 - Sick in quarters 06/00/1863 - 1st Sgt., Co. G, 14th MS Infantry 06/10/1863 - Detailed as Asst. Surgeon 10/16/1863 - Discharged as Sgt., Co. G, 14th MS Infantry and final statement given 10/17/1863 - Requests 10 days leave "to visit my home in Oktibbeha County, Miss, on business of importance to get my field outfit" 12/18/1863 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon to the 20th MS Infantry by Gen. Loring 12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, Canton, MS 01/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, Gen. Adams' Brigade, Gen. Loring's Division 02/02/1864 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/16/1863 03/06/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, requests leave of absence to visit his home in Oktibbeha County, Miss, "in consequence of the sudden death of my sister-in-law and absence of my brother." 03/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, Demopolis, AL 06/30/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, Army of TN 08/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry, near Atlanta, GA 12/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 20th MS Infantry 12/00/1864 - Left with the wounded after the Battle of Franklin, TN 12/17/1864 - Captured, Franklin, TN 01/20/1865 - Prisoner and convalescent patient, U.S. A. Gen. Hospital, Nashville, TN 01/22/1865 - Forwarded from Nashville, TN to Louisville, KY, before planned transfer to Camp Chase, OH 01/25/1865 - Transferred from Military Prison, Louisville, KY, to Fort Delaware, DE 02/01/1865 - Received, Fort Delaware, DE, from Louisville, KY 02/06/1865 - Transferred from Fort Delaware, DE, to Fortress Monroe, VA 02/09/1865 - Prisoner, Military Prison, Camp Hamilton, VA, awaiting exchange 02/11/1865 - Transferred to point of exchange per Flag of Truce steamer 02/16/1865 - Granted leave [S.O. 39/23] 05/18/1865 - Paroled, Columbus, MS 10/19/1865 (or 10/14/1865) - Married, Rebecca Ann "Annie" Vaughn, Lowndes Co., MS (1843-1915) 1870 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "R. I. Parham") 07/29/1876 - Died, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (buried: Vaughn Cemetery, Steens, Lowndes Co., MS: FindaGrave #13166202) F. Michael Angelo provided input to this biography. This biographical sketch is from: Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity. 02/21/2014. Updated 09/08/2025. Unpublished database.

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