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Dr Charles Henry Todd

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Dr Charles Henry Todd Veteran

Birth
Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Nov 1916 (aged 77)
Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Father: Charles Stewart Todd (lawyer: 1791-1871)
Mother: Letitia H. Shelby (1799-1868)
09/18/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, District 1, Shelby Co., KY (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as C. H. Todd)
1861 - M. D. degree , Medical Dept. of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: Louisiana) [Note: This institution is now Tulane University.]
1861 - Asst. Physician, Insane Asylum, Jackson, LA
11/02/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Moore Hospital, Manassas, VA
03/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Moore Hospital, Gordonsville, VA
04/23/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
05/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
06/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
07/01/1862 - In a letter written from General Hospital, Liberty, VA, to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Danville, VA, "Sir, Please inform me whether any notice has been take by the Surg Genl. of my application for an invitation to come before the 'Board' forwarded by you last April from Gordonsville. Dr. Letcher also desires to know whether you received his communication recently addressed to you at Richmond. Very Respect, Yr Obt Servt, C H Todd, A. A. Surg. [Docketing on the back of this letter indicates that this letter was received and answered by the Medical Director's Office on July 3, 1862, but no details are given.]
10/31/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
11/20/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon C. H. Todd will report to the Surgeon in charge at Liberty Virginia for assignment to duty from August 13, 1862." [S.O. 272/15]
12/04/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 08/13/1862
01/14/1863 - "Assistant Surgeon Chas H Todd is relieved from further duty in the General Hospital at Liberty, Va. and is assigned to the 6th Regiment Louisiana Volunteers and will report accordingly." [S.O. 11/8]
02/28/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Gen. H. T. Hays' Brigade
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from LA by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry
05/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Gen. H. T. Hays' Brigade
07/10/1863 - Temporarily assigned as Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Catholic Church Hospital, Williamsport, MD
07/13/1863 - Ordered to return to 6th LA Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
08/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Orange Court House, VA
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Raccoon Ford, VA
12/10/1863 - "Surgeon", 6th LA Infantry
03/07/1864 - "Surgeon Charles H. Todd will report without delay to the Officer Commanding 6th Louisiana Volunteers for assignment to duty." [S.O. 55/21]
02/29/1864 - Absent on furlough
04/05/1864 - Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Raccoon Ford, VA
04/30/1864 - Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Orange Co., VA
06/01/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 02/27/1864
06/01/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Louisiana by the Confederate States Senate
06/07/1864 - Ordered to report to the 13th VA Infantry as Surgeon
06/10/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/00/1864 - Detailed as Surgeon, Pegram's Brigade
07/09/1864 - Ordered to remain in Frederick, MD, with Confederate wounded
07/10/1864 - Captured by the U. S. Army, Frederick, MD
07/10/1864 - Patient, U.S. General Hospital, Frederick, MD ["convalescent"]
07/30/1864 - Transferred from U. S. A. Gen. Hospital, Frederick, MD, to Baltimore, MD
07/30/1864 - Prisoner, U.S. General Hospital, West's Buildings, Baltimore, MD
07/31/1864 - Transported to Ft Monroe, VA
08/01/1864 - Received as a prisoner of war at the Hygeia Hotel, Ft Monroe, VA,
08/01/1864 - Allowed freedom to roam the grounds of the Hygeia Hotel
08/07/1864 - Prisoner, Fort Delaware, DE
08/08/1864 - Sent to City Point, VA, on Flag of Truce steamer by authority of Gen. B. F. Butler
09/31/1864 - Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry
10/03/1864 - Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia
12/11/1864 - Left Staunton, VA, for Petersburg, VA
12/12/1864 - Positioned to the right of Gen. Lee at Hatchers Run
12/26/1864 - In letter written from a camp of the 13th VA Infantry near Petersburg, VA, to Lt. Cabell Breckinridge, Army of the West, "My Dear Cabell, I shall now address you on the subject nearest my heart. I expect to Marry Miss Rosa Burwell about the middle of next Feby, & wish you to be one of my groomsmen. You must not refuse me, if it is possible for you to come. The ceremony will take place at night & there will be a large number of attendants. It is unnecessary for me to promise what efforts will be made for your pleasure. Hoping that you will give this request your favorable and immediate attention. Believe me, Your sincere friend, C H. Todd" [Note: At the time Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge was a 1st Lt. and an aide-de-camp to his father, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge.]
02/13/1865 - As Surgeon, granted leave of indulgence from the 13th VA Infantry, near Petersburg, VA
02/15/1865 - Married Rosa Burwell (1848-1911), Liberty, Casey Co., KY, or Bedford Co. , VA)
04/09/1865 - As Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry, paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA
09/00/1865 - Moved with his wife, Rosa, to Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
07/22/1868 - Mother, Letitia, died in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY; FindAGrave #58275778)
09/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY (lived with wife, Rosa, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Charles H. Todd)
05/16/1871 - Father, Charles, died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY; FindAGrave #28058381)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
1874 - Member, Greene County [KY] Medical Society
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Kentucky
10/19/1875 - Attended the Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy, Richmond, VA
1876 - Vice-president, Medical Society of Kentucky
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (lived with wife, Rosa, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Chas. H. Todd)
1886,1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 4, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (lived with wife, Rose B., two daughters and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as C. H. Todd)
1903 - Practiced medicine, 214 1/2 W. 3rd, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY [Note: Dr. Todd lived with his wife, Rosa B, at 603 Frederica, Owensboro, KY]
1906 - President, Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy
1910 - Practiced medicine as a "General Practitioner", Ward 4, Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY (lived with wife, Rosa B, and two daughters; indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Charles H. Todd)
06/00/1911 - Commander, Rice E. Graves Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
11/09/1911 - Wife, Rosa, died in Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY, "after an illness of two weeks" (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, KY; FindAGrave #57443318 )
11/12/1916 - Died at his home of "cerebral apoplexy" [stroke] or of "heart disease", Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, KY; FindAGrave #57443289) [Note: Dr. Todd's death certificate states that he died of cerebral apoplexy while obituaries in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 67, p. 1684, and the Hartford Herald, Hartford, KY, Nov. 15, 1916, p. 5, c. 3, claim that his cause of death was heart disease.]

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/20/2010. Updated 07/09/2020.
Unpublished database.
Father: Charles Stewart Todd (lawyer: 1791-1871)
Mother: Letitia H. Shelby (1799-1868)
09/18/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, District 1, Shelby Co., KY (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as C. H. Todd)
1861 - M. D. degree , Medical Dept. of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: Louisiana) [Note: This institution is now Tulane University.]
1861 - Asst. Physician, Insane Asylum, Jackson, LA
11/02/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Moore Hospital, Manassas, VA
03/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Moore Hospital, Gordonsville, VA
04/23/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
05/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
06/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
07/01/1862 - In a letter written from General Hospital, Liberty, VA, to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Danville, VA, "Sir, Please inform me whether any notice has been take by the Surg Genl. of my application for an invitation to come before the 'Board' forwarded by you last April from Gordonsville. Dr. Letcher also desires to know whether you received his communication recently addressed to you at Richmond. Very Respect, Yr Obt Servt, C H Todd, A. A. Surg. [Docketing on the back of this letter indicates that this letter was received and answered by the Medical Director's Office on July 3, 1862, but no details are given.]
10/31/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, General Hospital, Liberty, VA
11/20/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon C. H. Todd will report to the Surgeon in charge at Liberty Virginia for assignment to duty from August 13, 1862." [S.O. 272/15]
12/04/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 08/13/1862
01/14/1863 - "Assistant Surgeon Chas H Todd is relieved from further duty in the General Hospital at Liberty, Va. and is assigned to the 6th Regiment Louisiana Volunteers and will report accordingly." [S.O. 11/8]
02/28/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Gen. H. T. Hays' Brigade
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from LA by the Confederate States Senate
04/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry
05/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Gen. H. T. Hays' Brigade
07/10/1863 - Temporarily assigned as Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Catholic Church Hospital, Williamsport, MD
07/13/1863 - Ordered to return to 6th LA Infantry as Asst. Surgeon
08/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Orange Court House, VA
10/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry
12/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Raccoon Ford, VA
12/10/1863 - "Surgeon", 6th LA Infantry
03/07/1864 - "Surgeon Charles H. Todd will report without delay to the Officer Commanding 6th Louisiana Volunteers for assignment to duty." [S.O. 55/21]
02/29/1864 - Absent on furlough
04/05/1864 - Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, near Raccoon Ford, VA
04/30/1864 - Surgeon, 6th LA Infantry, Orange Co., VA
06/01/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 02/27/1864
06/01/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Louisiana by the Confederate States Senate
06/07/1864 - Ordered to report to the 13th VA Infantry as Surgeon
06/10/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
07/00/1864 - Detailed as Surgeon, Pegram's Brigade
07/09/1864 - Ordered to remain in Frederick, MD, with Confederate wounded
07/10/1864 - Captured by the U. S. Army, Frederick, MD
07/10/1864 - Patient, U.S. General Hospital, Frederick, MD ["convalescent"]
07/30/1864 - Transferred from U. S. A. Gen. Hospital, Frederick, MD, to Baltimore, MD
07/30/1864 - Prisoner, U.S. General Hospital, West's Buildings, Baltimore, MD
07/31/1864 - Transported to Ft Monroe, VA
08/01/1864 - Received as a prisoner of war at the Hygeia Hotel, Ft Monroe, VA,
08/01/1864 - Allowed freedom to roam the grounds of the Hygeia Hotel
08/07/1864 - Prisoner, Fort Delaware, DE
08/08/1864 - Sent to City Point, VA, on Flag of Truce steamer by authority of Gen. B. F. Butler
09/31/1864 - Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry
10/03/1864 - Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia
12/11/1864 - Left Staunton, VA, for Petersburg, VA
12/12/1864 - Positioned to the right of Gen. Lee at Hatchers Run
12/26/1864 - In letter written from a camp of the 13th VA Infantry near Petersburg, VA, to Lt. Cabell Breckinridge, Army of the West, "My Dear Cabell, I shall now address you on the subject nearest my heart. I expect to Marry Miss Rosa Burwell about the middle of next Feby, & wish you to be one of my groomsmen. You must not refuse me, if it is possible for you to come. The ceremony will take place at night & there will be a large number of attendants. It is unnecessary for me to promise what efforts will be made for your pleasure. Hoping that you will give this request your favorable and immediate attention. Believe me, Your sincere friend, C H. Todd" [Note: At the time Lt. Joseph Cabell Breckinridge was a 1st Lt. and an aide-de-camp to his father, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge.]
02/13/1865 - As Surgeon, granted leave of indulgence from the 13th VA Infantry, near Petersburg, VA
02/15/1865 - Married Rosa Burwell (1848-1911), Liberty, Casey Co., KY, or Bedford Co. , VA)
04/09/1865 - As Surgeon, 13th VA Infantry, paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox, VA
09/00/1865 - Moved with his wife, Rosa, to Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
07/22/1868 - Mother, Letitia, died in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY; FindAGrave #58275778)
09/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY (lived with wife, Rosa, and one child; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Charles H. Todd)
05/16/1871 - Father, Charles, died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY; FindAGrave #28058381)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
1874 - Member, Greene County [KY] Medical Society
1874 - Member, Medical Society of Kentucky
10/19/1875 - Attended the Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy, Richmond, VA
1876 - Vice-president, Medical Society of Kentucky
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (lived with wife, Rosa, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Chas. H. Todd)
1886,1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
06/02/1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 4, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (lived with wife, Rose B., two daughters and one son; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as C. H. Todd)
1903 - Practiced medicine, 214 1/2 W. 3rd, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY [Note: Dr. Todd lived with his wife, Rosa B, at 603 Frederica, Owensboro, KY]
1906 - President, Association of Medical Officers of the Confederate Army and Navy
1910 - Practiced medicine as a "General Practitioner", Ward 4, Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY (lived with wife, Rosa B, and two daughters; indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Charles H. Todd)
06/00/1911 - Commander, Rice E. Graves Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY
11/09/1911 - Wife, Rosa, died in Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY, "after an illness of two weeks" (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, KY; FindAGrave #57443318 )
11/12/1916 - Died at his home of "cerebral apoplexy" [stroke] or of "heart disease", Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY (buried: Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, KY; FindAGrave #57443289) [Note: Dr. Todd's death certificate states that he died of cerebral apoplexy while obituaries in the Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 67, p. 1684, and the Hartford Herald, Hartford, KY, Nov. 15, 1916, p. 5, c. 3, claim that his cause of death was heart disease.]

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/20/2010. Updated 07/09/2020.
Unpublished database.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57443289/charles_henry-todd: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Charles Henry Todd (16 Nov 1838–12 Nov 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57443289, citing Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by bioengineer (contributor 47026824).