Father: Alexander Erskin (1791 - 1857); Mother: Susan Catherine Russel (1902-1892)
1849 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Huntsville, AL)
12/12/1850 - Medical student, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL (lived with parents and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Albert R. Erskine)
1851 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from AL)
1851 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, AL
07/05/1857 - Father, Alexander, died in Huntsville, AL (buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL)
10/05/1854 - Married, Maria D. Matthews, Madison Co., AL
06/28/1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 4, Jackson Co., AL (lived with wife, M.D., and one child - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "A.R. Erskine")
09/29/1862 - Surgeon, 35th TN Infantry (a.k.a, 5th TN Regiment Provisional Army)
11/25/1862 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination
12/31/1862 - Surgeon, 35th TN Infantry
02/28/1863 - Sick and absent from the 35th TN Infantry
05/30/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 11/25/1862
05/30/1863 - Ordered to report to Gen. B. Bragg
05/31/1863 - As Surgeon, Dalton, GA, received money for payments made to hire slaves as nurses, cooks, at Cannon Hospital, Dalton, GA, in March, 1863
06/30/1863 - Surgeon, 35th TN Infantry (5th TN Regt. P. A., Mountain Rifle Regt.)
08/31/1863 - Surgeon, 45th AL Infantry
09/19/1863 - Gen. D. H. Hill, commanding Corps, Army of Tennessee, mentions Chief Surgeon, A. R. Erskine, Chickamauga, GA
09/30/1863 - Medical Inspector, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
12/29/1863 - As Surgeon, 45th GA Infantry, Tunnel Hill, GA, asks for a transfer
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
03/07/1864 - Surgeon, 45th AL Infantry, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
03/10/1864 - Member, Board of Surgeon's of Gen. M.P. Lowrey's Brigade, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
04/05/1864 - Surgeon, 45th AL Infantry, Dalton, GA
05/31/1864 - Surgeon, 45th AL Infantry
08/18/1864 - Surgeon, 45th AL Infantry, Gen. M.P. Lowrey's Brigade, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, near Atlanta, GA
09/14/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon S.H. Stout, Medical Director of Hospitals, Army of Tennessee
09/22/1864 - Post Surgeon and Surgeon-in-charge, Camp Wright Hospital, McCall's Mills, near Macon, GA
09/29/1864 - Requisitioned various articles to stock a new hospital at Camp Wright, near Macon, GA
10/07/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Camp Wright Hospital, near Macon, GA
10/15/1864 - "Surgeon A R Erskine is relieved from Hospital duty in Georgia and will report without delay to Medical Director P. B. Scott, Selma, Alabama" (S.O. 245/12)
10/18/1864 - Medical Inspector, Gen. P. R. Cleburne's Division, Gen. D. H. Hill's Corps
02/11/1865 - Placed under the jurisdiction of Med. Director P. B. Scott (S.O. 41 Dept. of Ala., Miss. & E. La.)
02/28/1865 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Marion, AL
03/28/1865 - In a letter written as Surgeon, Scott Hospital, Marion, AL, to an Acting Adjutant General, Army of Tennessee, "Sir, I would respectfully request a leave of absence for Twenty five days for the purpose of conveying my family to the South Side of the Tennessee River. On the Way home to
Huntsville, Ala. at present situated they feel very insecure & Should the Enemy ever Visit this portion of the Country, the difficulties of maintaining them will be greatly increased, if they can be provided for at all. In my absence Several of the Medical Officers here have Very Kindly Offered to attend to the duties of my Ward. I am Sir, Very Respectfully etc. , A. R. Erskine"
05/15/1865 - Paroled as a prisoner of war by the U.S. Army, Marion, AL
07/15/1870 - Practiced medicine, Township No. 3, Range No. 1 West, Madison Co., AL, (lived with wife, Maria D., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Albert Earskine")
1874,1877 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL
06/07/1880 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL (lived with wife, Maria D. - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Albert R. Erskine)
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL
04/17/1892 - Mother, Susan, died in Huntsville, Madison Co., AL
1893,1896 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL
06/05/1900 - Practiced medicine, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL (lived with wife, "Marie G.", one daughter, one daughter-in-law, one grandson and one granddaughter - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as A.R. Erskine)
03/22/1903 - Reported to be In critical condition
03/24/1903 - Died at his home, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL (buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, AL - Find A Grave #92826200; funeral: First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AL;)
10/01/1920 - Widow, Marie, died (buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL)

Note: Dr. Albert Russel Erskine was the brother of Dr. John Henry Erskine and Dr. Alexander Erskine. All three physicians served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/26/2015. Updated 01/17/2019.
Unpublished database.