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Dr Lewis Willis Minor

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Dr Lewis Willis Minor

Birth
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Mar 1872 (aged 64)
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
3-10-22
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CO of Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA 1850-1852, 1855-1858. He served as fleet surgeon in the names of the United and Confederate States, was skilled in his profession, distinguished for gallantry in Mexico and conspicuous for his noble devotion in the great epidemic of 1855 for which he was thanked by the Sec'y of the Navy and voted a gold medal by the Corporation of Portsmouth.
His body rests here by his own order and this stone is erected by one who trusts that he has found a blessed resurrection.
CO of Naval Hospital Portsmouth, VA 1850-1852, 1855-1858. He served as fleet surgeon in the names of the United and Confederate States, was skilled in his profession, distinguished for gallantry in Mexico and conspicuous for his noble devotion in the great epidemic of 1855 for which he was thanked by the Sec'y of the Navy and voted a gold medal by the Corporation of Portsmouth.
His body rests here by his own order and this stone is erected by one who trusts that he has found a blessed resurrection.


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