Surgeon of the 97th Regt. PVI during the Civil War.
Son of William and Hannah (Matlack) Everhart, and brother of Benjamin Matlack and James Bowen Everhart. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1850 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1853. He continued his medical and surgical studies in Paris and began practice in 1855. He was appointed surgeon of the 97th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862. By enforcing sanitary measures, he was successful in conquering the yellow fever which had become epidemic in the camp at Hilton Head, S.C. , in 1862. He was made brigade surgeon and a member of the examining board of surgeons, Department of the south, under General David Hunter. At the lose of the war he was retired with the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel. He afterward traveled extensively, and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail, a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants.
Son of William and Hannah (Matlack) Everhart, and brother of Benjamin Matlack and James Bowen Everhart. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1850 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1853. He continued his medical and surgical studies in Paris and began practice in 1855. He was appointed surgeon of the 97th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862. By enforcing sanitary measures, he was successful in conquering the yellow fever which had become epidemic in the camp at Hilton Head, S.C. , in 1862. He was made brigade surgeon and a member of the examining board of surgeons, Department of the south, under General David Hunter. At the lose of the war he was retired with the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel. He afterward traveled extensively, and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail, a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants.
Surgeon of the 97th Regt. PVI during the Civil War.
Son of William and Hannah (Matlack) Everhart, and brother of Benjamin Matlack and James Bowen Everhart. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1850 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1853. He continued his medical and surgical studies in Paris and began practice in 1855. He was appointed surgeon of the 97th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862. By enforcing sanitary measures, he was successful in conquering the yellow fever which had become epidemic in the camp at Hilton Head, S.C. , in 1862. He was made brigade surgeon and a member of the examining board of surgeons, Department of the south, under General David Hunter. At the lose of the war he was retired with the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel. He afterward traveled extensively, and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail, a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants.
Son of William and Hannah (Matlack) Everhart, and brother of Benjamin Matlack and James Bowen Everhart. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1850 and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1853. He continued his medical and surgical studies in Paris and began practice in 1855. He was appointed surgeon of the 97th Pennsylvania volunteers in 1862. By enforcing sanitary measures, he was successful in conquering the yellow fever which had become epidemic in the camp at Hilton Head, S.C. , in 1862. He was made brigade surgeon and a member of the examining board of surgeons, Department of the south, under General David Hunter. At the lose of the war he was retired with the rank of brevet lieutenant-colonel. He afterward traveled extensively, and collected in a book entitled By Boat and Rail, a description of the countries visited and the various types of inhabitants.
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Cause of Death - heart trouble
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