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Dr Stephen Elliott Habersham

1821 – 29 Aug 1871

Birth1821
Death29 Aug 1871
CemeteryPine Grove Cemetery
Eatonton , Putnam County , Georgia , USA
Added byPC on 11 Jan 2007
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17388771

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1821 - Born, SC [Father: Richard Wylly Habersham (1786-1842); Mother: Sarah Hazzard Elliott (1792-1854)] 1840 - A.B. degree, South Carolina College, Columbia, GA (from: GA) 12/02/1842 - Father, Richard, died in Clarkesville, Habersham Co., GA (buried: Old Clarkesville Cemetery, Clarkesville, GA; FindaGrave #7979905) 1846-1848 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 1848 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Beaufort Co., SC; thesis: "Inguinal Hernia") 07/15/1851 - Married, Lucy Elizabeth Pollard (1828-1862), Alta Virta, Albemarle Co., VA [Note: At the time, Dr. Habersham was living in South Carolina.] 10/20/1854 - Mother, Sarah, died in Beaufort, Beaufort Co., SC, of yellow fever (buried: Saint Helena's Church Cemetery, Beaufort, Beaufort Co., SC; FindaGrave #26618174) 06/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District, SC (lived with wife, Lucy P., and two children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as S. E. Habersham) 01/31/1861 - Nominated by Jefferson Davis, President, Confederate States of America, for Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States 10/15/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States 06/03/1862 - Wife, Lucy, died in Richmond, VA, of consumption [tuberculosis of the lungs] (buried: Oak Ridge Estate Cemetery, Arrington, Nelson Co., SC; FindaGrave #55692897) 12/31/1862 - Surgeon, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia 01/31/1863 - Surgeon, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia 04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from GA by the Confederate States Senate 09/30/1863 - Surgeon, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia 10/20/1863 - In a letter written by Phobe Pember, nurse in 2nd Division, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA, to Mrs. Gilmer, Charleston, SC, "I have but little news to tell you. Dr. Habersham has forsworn the flesh pots of Egypt, and abjured the fascinations of the fair sex. He comes early to his Hospital and returns late. His avowed purpose is to devote himself to the future happiness of his children and by way of insuring it he toots away at his flute all the leisure time he has, as when they attain the years of maturity he thinks they will stay at home to hear him play. He has secured the remains of my room at Mrs. McMinn, and asked permission to practice there. I could not refuse, but in going home found, then and since, a chair always put just in front of the looking glass so that he could Practice the graces with the flute, and my soap and towels rung very wet. Since that time I have left one particular towel out for practicing purposes, and locked up my tooth brush, as a man with such saving propensities might take a "cheap brush" now and then, as it would cost him nothing. [Note: Dr. Habersham was in charge of Mrs. Pember's Division in Chimborazo Hospital.] 11/03/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board of Consulting Surgeons for Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 11/00/1862 - In a letter written to Medical Director E. S. Gaillard, Richmond, VA, "Sir, I appeared before the Army med. Board of Exam. for Examination as Surgn. in the Provisional Army a favorable report was made in my case and I was appointed a Surgeon on the 15th day of October 1861. Very Respectfully, Sir, Your Obedt. Servt., S. E. Habersham, Surgeon 02/00/1863 - As Surgeon, signed an inventory of the effects of D. Moody, Co. D, 12th GA Infantry, who died at Chimborazo Hospital, No. 2, Richmond, VA, on Feb. 7, 1863, which consisted of one pocket book containing $55.85 05/15/1863 - As Surgeon, performed a re-amputation of the upper third of a leg of T. Callahan, Pvt., 9th GA Infantry [Note: Which leg was amputated and if Pvt. Callahan recovered are not noted in the report in the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.] 08/10/1863 - As Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA, granted a 20 day leave of absence [S. O. 218/2] 11/00/1863 - As Surgeon in charge, Division No. 2, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, submitted a report to Surgeon W. A. Carrington, Medical Director, entitled, "Report of Spurious Vaccination in the Confederate Army" 04/30/1864 - Surgeon in charge, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 05/17/1864 - Surgically excised the head and five inches of the shaft of the right humerus of Pvt. J. C. Hankins, 38th VA Infantry following a shot fracture of the right humerus. [Note: Pvt. Hankins died of "exhausting suppuration"] (source: Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion) 06/30/1864 - Surgeon in charge, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 08/31/1864 - Surgeon in charge, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 09/02/1864 - Granted 15 days leave of absence from Chimborazo Hospital [S. O. 272/2] 10/31/1864 - Surgeon in charge, 2nd Division (Georgia), Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA 04/03/1865 - Captured by the U. S. Army, Richmond, VA 04/20/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Richmond, VA 06/21/1865 - Took Oath of Allegiance to the U. S. Government 03/10/1866 - Married, Catherine Virginia Garner (1830GA-) 1866  - Published, "Observations on the Statistics of Chimborazo Hospital, with Remarks upon the Treatment of Various Diseases During the Recent Civil War" (Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery, vol. 1, 1866, p. 416) 1866 - Published, "Report on Spurious Vaccination in the Confederate Army," (Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, Augusta, GA, 3rd Series, vol. 1, 1866, pp.1-11) 1869- Practiced medicine, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA 04/13/1870 - Elected to membership, Georgia Medical Association 06/03/1870 - Practiced medicine, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA (lived with wife, "Virgine E", and four children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as  S. E. Habersham) 08/29/1871 or 09/05/1871 - Died, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA (buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Eatonton, GA; FindaGrave #17388771) 06/07/1880 - Widow, Catherine, lived with two children, Eatonton, Putnam Co., GA 00/00/0000 - Widow, died (buried: Next to Steven Elliott Habersham, M.D., Pine Grove Cemetery, Eatonton, GA; FindaGrave #17388771) 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. 05/06/2024. Unpublished database.

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His life was one of service to his country and humanity. A faithful Christian Blessed be his sleep.

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