Father: William Edmund Clopton
Mother: Mary Ann Apperson (or Aperson)
- Educated in Stewart Co., TN, and New Kent Co., VA, before medical school
1857 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
- Practiced medicine in Caroline Co., VA, New Kent Co., VA, and Richmond, VA, before the American Civil War
08/01/1861 - Contract Surgeon [Acting Asst. Surgeon] , St. Charles Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/13/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and ordered to report to the Surgeon General
09/16/1861 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Hobson Hospital [?Richmond, VA]
10/15/1861 - Paid $114.66 for "medical services rendered under his contract to the Point Charles Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, from 1st August to the 13 September, 1861" [This payment was approved by the Surgeon General at the rate of $80 per month.]
12/24/1861 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
12/26/1861 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton, Provisional Army, will proceed at once to Manassas, Va., and report to General J. E. Johnston, commanding, for duty with Colonel Archer’s Fifth Regiment Texas Volunteers.” [S.O. 275/7]
01/02/1862 - Joined 5th TX Infantry as Asst. Surgeon, near Dumfries, VA
01/31/1862 - "In obedience to special orders No 275 vii I have the honor to report that I joined Col Archers 5th Texas Vols on Jan 2nd 1862 and am now on duty with the same." signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
02/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/28/1862 - "I have the honor to report myself on duty with the 5th Regt Texas Vols, stationed at Camp Neabsco, three miles from Dumfries, Va" signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. in chg 5th Regt Texas Vols [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
03/07/1862 - Sick and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
03/17/1862 - Reports himself on sick leave as Asst. Surgeon, Fredericksburg, VA, for 30 days from 03/07/1862. "This was granted by Col. Archer, Acting Brig Genl in anticipation of a regular leave which had been sent to Hd Qtrs. and for which I could not wait in consequence of the move which was to commence that night. My P.O. address will be Fredericksburg. . ." [This report by Dr. Clopton was sent to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
06/04/1862 - Sick in Richmond, VA, and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
06/30/1862 - Absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry - "Sick in Richmond since 06/04/1862"
07/00/1862 - Transferred & succeeded as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry by Asst. Surgeon John J. Roberts [place of transfer and exact date unknown]
09/10/1862 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton is relieved from duty at General Hospital No. 4, and will report for duty to Surgeon ___ _____ Green, in this city.” [The shorter blank followed by the longer blank are in the original order. The surgeon he reported to was probably Surgeon James Mercer Green.]
09/20/1862 - Reports himself on duty at Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/19/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/29/1862 - Furlough approved (10 days), by Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate [2nd time]
04/10/1863 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton will report to the colonel commanding the Fourth Regiment Virginia Artillery for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 87/8]
04/10/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th VA Infantry [also known as the 4th VA Heavy Artillery] ("assigned to fill vacancy occasioned by relieving of Asst. Surgeon [Benjamin William] Sparks")
04/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
04/24/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
05/27/1863 - "Appointed" Surgeon 13th MS Infantry but not assigned to duty in the regiment until August 15, 1863
05/29/1863 - “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty with the Sixteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers and will report accordingly.” [S.O. 128/4]
07/09/1863 - "Lt. H. A. Fuller co E 16 Ga Regt having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for resignation I hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer and found him suffering from extreme debility and emaciation in consequence of Phthisis Pulmonalis [pulmonary tuberculosis]. He is in my opinion entirely unfit for service. I therefore recommend the acceptance of his resignation" signed, John Clopton, Surgeon 16th Ga Regt [Gen. W. T. Wofford's Brigade, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps]
08/05/1863 - Assigned to duty as Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, Army of Tennessee
08/12/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
08/25/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 05/27/1863 and ordered to report to the Surgeon General by letter
09/30/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, near Chattanooga, TN
11/31/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
- “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty as medical purveyor of Lieutenant-General J. Longstreet’s corps.” [S.O. 278/31]
12/00/1863 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
03/29/1864 - Deposited $1900.00 to the credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate States of America as Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps [?bond]
06/29/1864 - “Surgeon John Clopton, medical purveyor Longstreet’s corps, will relieve Assistant Surgeon W[illiam] H[unt] Hall as medical purveyor at Petersburg, Va. Assistant Surgeon Hall on being relieved will report to the Surgeon-General, in this city, for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 151/12]
07/00/1864 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
09/10/1864 - Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
09/30/1864 - Ordered to "remove with all his medical and hospital supplies to Danville [VA]"
01/05/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
01/17/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Richmond, VA
01/24/1865 - Ordered to move from Danville, VA, to Charlotte, NC [S.O. 19/8]
02/18/1865 - [Surgeon & Medical Purveyor], Charlotte, NC
03/20/1865 - Ordered to remain as Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/02/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/26/1865 - Paroled as "Medical Director", Greensborough, NC [Paroles N.C.]
- Practiced medicine briefly in Charles City Co., VA, after the Civil War
~1868- Moved from Richmond, VA, to Williamsburg, VA, to serve as Asst. Physician to Dr. A. E. Peticolas, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
1870 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
07/16/1875 (or 07/06/1875) - Married, Wilhelmena Somerville Piggott (she died in 1890)
1877 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
1880 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, James City Co., VA [indexed as John Clofton in the 1880 U.S. Census - living with wife]
- Mason & master of the Williamsburg [VA] Lodge
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
04/15/1890 - Resigned as Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
06/22/1890 - Wife, Wilhelmena, died
1891 - Knight Templar, Richmond Masonic Commandery
07/23/1891 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Olive Branch Christ Church Cemetery, Norge, James City Co., VA)
Bob Krick 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.
11/10/2014. Updated 11/12/2014.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Ann Apperson (or Aperson)
- Educated in Stewart Co., TN, and New Kent Co., VA, before medical school
1857 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
- Practiced medicine in Caroline Co., VA, New Kent Co., VA, and Richmond, VA, before the American Civil War
08/01/1861 - Contract Surgeon [Acting Asst. Surgeon] , St. Charles Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/13/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and ordered to report to the Surgeon General
09/16/1861 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Hobson Hospital [?Richmond, VA]
10/15/1861 - Paid $114.66 for "medical services rendered under his contract to the Point Charles Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, from 1st August to the 13 September, 1861" [This payment was approved by the Surgeon General at the rate of $80 per month.]
12/24/1861 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
12/26/1861 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton, Provisional Army, will proceed at once to Manassas, Va., and report to General J. E. Johnston, commanding, for duty with Colonel Archer’s Fifth Regiment Texas Volunteers.” [S.O. 275/7]
01/02/1862 - Joined 5th TX Infantry as Asst. Surgeon, near Dumfries, VA
01/31/1862 - "In obedience to special orders No 275 vii I have the honor to report that I joined Col Archers 5th Texas Vols on Jan 2nd 1862 and am now on duty with the same." signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
02/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/28/1862 - "I have the honor to report myself on duty with the 5th Regt Texas Vols, stationed at Camp Neabsco, three miles from Dumfries, Va" signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. in chg 5th Regt Texas Vols [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
03/07/1862 - Sick and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
03/17/1862 - Reports himself on sick leave as Asst. Surgeon, Fredericksburg, VA, for 30 days from 03/07/1862. "This was granted by Col. Archer, Acting Brig Genl in anticipation of a regular leave which had been sent to Hd Qtrs. and for which I could not wait in consequence of the move which was to commence that night. My P.O. address will be Fredericksburg. . ." [This report by Dr. Clopton was sent to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
06/04/1862 - Sick in Richmond, VA, and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
06/30/1862 - Absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry - "Sick in Richmond since 06/04/1862"
07/00/1862 - Transferred & succeeded as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry by Asst. Surgeon John J. Roberts [place of transfer and exact date unknown]
09/10/1862 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton is relieved from duty at General Hospital No. 4, and will report for duty to Surgeon ___ _____ Green, in this city.” [The shorter blank followed by the longer blank are in the original order. The surgeon he reported to was probably Surgeon James Mercer Green.]
09/20/1862 - Reports himself on duty at Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/19/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/29/1862 - Furlough approved (10 days), by Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate [2nd time]
04/10/1863 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton will report to the colonel commanding the Fourth Regiment Virginia Artillery for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 87/8]
04/10/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th VA Infantry [also known as the 4th VA Heavy Artillery] ("assigned to fill vacancy occasioned by relieving of Asst. Surgeon [Benjamin William] Sparks")
04/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
04/24/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
05/27/1863 - "Appointed" Surgeon 13th MS Infantry but not assigned to duty in the regiment until August 15, 1863
05/29/1863 - “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty with the Sixteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers and will report accordingly.” [S.O. 128/4]
07/09/1863 - "Lt. H. A. Fuller co E 16 Ga Regt having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for resignation I hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer and found him suffering from extreme debility and emaciation in consequence of Phthisis Pulmonalis [pulmonary tuberculosis]. He is in my opinion entirely unfit for service. I therefore recommend the acceptance of his resignation" signed, John Clopton, Surgeon 16th Ga Regt [Gen. W. T. Wofford's Brigade, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps]
08/05/1863 - Assigned to duty as Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, Army of Tennessee
08/12/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
08/25/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 05/27/1863 and ordered to report to the Surgeon General by letter
09/30/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, near Chattanooga, TN
11/31/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
- “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty as medical purveyor of Lieutenant-General J. Longstreet’s corps.” [S.O. 278/31]
12/00/1863 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
03/29/1864 - Deposited $1900.00 to the credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate States of America as Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps [?bond]
06/29/1864 - “Surgeon John Clopton, medical purveyor Longstreet’s corps, will relieve Assistant Surgeon W[illiam] H[unt] Hall as medical purveyor at Petersburg, Va. Assistant Surgeon Hall on being relieved will report to the Surgeon-General, in this city, for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 151/12]
07/00/1864 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
09/10/1864 - Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
09/30/1864 - Ordered to "remove with all his medical and hospital supplies to Danville [VA]"
01/05/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
01/17/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Richmond, VA
01/24/1865 - Ordered to move from Danville, VA, to Charlotte, NC [S.O. 19/8]
02/18/1865 - [Surgeon & Medical Purveyor], Charlotte, NC
03/20/1865 - Ordered to remain as Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/02/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/26/1865 - Paroled as "Medical Director", Greensborough, NC [Paroles N.C.]
- Practiced medicine briefly in Charles City Co., VA, after the Civil War
~1868- Moved from Richmond, VA, to Williamsburg, VA, to serve as Asst. Physician to Dr. A. E. Peticolas, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
1870 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
07/16/1875 (or 07/06/1875) - Married, Wilhelmena Somerville Piggott (she died in 1890)
1877 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
1880 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, James City Co., VA [indexed as John Clofton in the 1880 U.S. Census - living with wife]
- Mason & master of the Williamsburg [VA] Lodge
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
04/15/1890 - Resigned as Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
06/22/1890 - Wife, Wilhelmena, died
1891 - Knight Templar, Richmond Masonic Commandery
07/23/1891 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Olive Branch Christ Church Cemetery, Norge, James City Co., VA)
Bob Krick 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.
11/10/2014. Updated 11/12/2014.
Unpublished database.
Father: William Edmund Clopton
Mother: Mary Ann Apperson (or Aperson)
- Educated in Stewart Co., TN, and New Kent Co., VA, before medical school
1857 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
- Practiced medicine in Caroline Co., VA, New Kent Co., VA, and Richmond, VA, before the American Civil War
08/01/1861 - Contract Surgeon [Acting Asst. Surgeon] , St. Charles Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/13/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and ordered to report to the Surgeon General
09/16/1861 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Hobson Hospital [?Richmond, VA]
10/15/1861 - Paid $114.66 for "medical services rendered under his contract to the Point Charles Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, from 1st August to the 13 September, 1861" [This payment was approved by the Surgeon General at the rate of $80 per month.]
12/24/1861 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
12/26/1861 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton, Provisional Army, will proceed at once to Manassas, Va., and report to General J. E. Johnston, commanding, for duty with Colonel Archer’s Fifth Regiment Texas Volunteers.” [S.O. 275/7]
01/02/1862 - Joined 5th TX Infantry as Asst. Surgeon, near Dumfries, VA
01/31/1862 - "In obedience to special orders No 275 vii I have the honor to report that I joined Col Archers 5th Texas Vols on Jan 2nd 1862 and am now on duty with the same." signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
02/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/28/1862 - "I have the honor to report myself on duty with the 5th Regt Texas Vols, stationed at Camp Neabsco, three miles from Dumfries, Va" signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. in chg 5th Regt Texas Vols [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
03/07/1862 - Sick and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
03/17/1862 - Reports himself on sick leave as Asst. Surgeon, Fredericksburg, VA, for 30 days from 03/07/1862. "This was granted by Col. Archer, Acting Brig Genl in anticipation of a regular leave which had been sent to Hd Qtrs. and for which I could not wait in consequence of the move which was to commence that night. My P.O. address will be Fredericksburg. . ." [This report by Dr. Clopton was sent to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
06/04/1862 - Sick in Richmond, VA, and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
06/30/1862 - Absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry - "Sick in Richmond since 06/04/1862"
07/00/1862 - Transferred & succeeded as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry by Asst. Surgeon John J. Roberts [place of transfer and exact date unknown]
09/10/1862 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton is relieved from duty at General Hospital No. 4, and will report for duty to Surgeon ___ _____ Green, in this city.” [The shorter blank followed by the longer blank are in the original order. The surgeon he reported to was probably Surgeon James Mercer Green.]
09/20/1862 - Reports himself on duty at Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/19/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/29/1862 - Furlough approved (10 days), by Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate [2nd time]
04/10/1863 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton will report to the colonel commanding the Fourth Regiment Virginia Artillery for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 87/8]
04/10/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th VA Infantry [also known as the 4th VA Heavy Artillery] ("assigned to fill vacancy occasioned by relieving of Asst. Surgeon [Benjamin William] Sparks")
04/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
04/24/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
05/27/1863 - "Appointed" Surgeon 13th MS Infantry but not assigned to duty in the regiment until August 15, 1863
05/29/1863 - “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty with the Sixteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers and will report accordingly.” [S.O. 128/4]
07/09/1863 - "Lt. H. A. Fuller co E 16 Ga Regt having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for resignation I hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer and found him suffering from extreme debility and emaciation in consequence of Phthisis Pulmonalis [pulmonary tuberculosis]. He is in my opinion entirely unfit for service. I therefore recommend the acceptance of his resignation" signed, John Clopton, Surgeon 16th Ga Regt [Gen. W. T. Wofford's Brigade, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps]
08/05/1863 - Assigned to duty as Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, Army of Tennessee
08/12/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
08/25/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 05/27/1863 and ordered to report to the Surgeon General by letter
09/30/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, near Chattanooga, TN
11/31/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
- “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty as medical purveyor of Lieutenant-General J. Longstreet’s corps.” [S.O. 278/31]
12/00/1863 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
03/29/1864 - Deposited $1900.00 to the credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate States of America as Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps [?bond]
06/29/1864 - “Surgeon John Clopton, medical purveyor Longstreet’s corps, will relieve Assistant Surgeon W[illiam] H[unt] Hall as medical purveyor at Petersburg, Va. Assistant Surgeon Hall on being relieved will report to the Surgeon-General, in this city, for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 151/12]
07/00/1864 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
09/10/1864 - Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
09/30/1864 - Ordered to "remove with all his medical and hospital supplies to Danville [VA]"
01/05/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
01/17/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Richmond, VA
01/24/1865 - Ordered to move from Danville, VA, to Charlotte, NC [S.O. 19/8]
02/18/1865 - [Surgeon & Medical Purveyor], Charlotte, NC
03/20/1865 - Ordered to remain as Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/02/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/26/1865 - Paroled as "Medical Director", Greensborough, NC [Paroles N.C.]
- Practiced medicine briefly in Charles City Co., VA, after the Civil War
~1868- Moved from Richmond, VA, to Williamsburg, VA, to serve as Asst. Physician to Dr. A. E. Peticolas, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
1870 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
07/16/1875 (or 07/06/1875) - Married, Wilhelmena Somerville Piggott (she died in 1890)
1877 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
1880 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, James City Co., VA [indexed as John Clofton in the 1880 U.S. Census - living with wife]
- Mason & master of the Williamsburg [VA] Lodge
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
04/15/1890 - Resigned as Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
06/22/1890 - Wife, Wilhelmena, died
1891 - Knight Templar, Richmond Masonic Commandery
07/23/1891 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Olive Branch Christ Church Cemetery, Norge, James City Co., VA)
Bob Krick 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.
11/10/2014. Updated 11/12/2014.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Mary Ann Apperson (or Aperson)
- Educated in Stewart Co., TN, and New Kent Co., VA, before medical school
1857 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
- Practiced medicine in Caroline Co., VA, New Kent Co., VA, and Richmond, VA, before the American Civil War
08/01/1861 - Contract Surgeon [Acting Asst. Surgeon] , St. Charles Hospital, Richmond, VA
09/13/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and ordered to report to the Surgeon General
09/16/1861 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Hobson Hospital [?Richmond, VA]
10/15/1861 - Paid $114.66 for "medical services rendered under his contract to the Point Charles Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, from 1st August to the 13 September, 1861" [This payment was approved by the Surgeon General at the rate of $80 per month.]
12/24/1861 - Assigned as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
12/26/1861 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton, Provisional Army, will proceed at once to Manassas, Va., and report to General J. E. Johnston, commanding, for duty with Colonel Archer’s Fifth Regiment Texas Volunteers.” [S.O. 275/7]
01/02/1862 - Joined 5th TX Infantry as Asst. Surgeon, near Dumfries, VA
01/31/1862 - "In obedience to special orders No 275 vii I have the honor to report that I joined Col Archers 5th Texas Vols on Jan 2nd 1862 and am now on duty with the same." signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
02/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/28/1862 - "I have the honor to report myself on duty with the 5th Regt Texas Vols, stationed at Camp Neabsco, three miles from Dumfries, Va" signed: John Clopton, Asst. Surgeon P.A.C.S. in chg 5th Regt Texas Vols [Letter to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
03/07/1862 - Sick and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
03/17/1862 - Reports himself on sick leave as Asst. Surgeon, Fredericksburg, VA, for 30 days from 03/07/1862. "This was granted by Col. Archer, Acting Brig Genl in anticipation of a regular leave which had been sent to Hd Qtrs. and for which I could not wait in consequence of the move which was to commence that night. My P.O. address will be Fredericksburg. . ." [This report by Dr. Clopton was sent to Surgeon Thomas H. Williams, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac]
06/04/1862 - Sick in Richmond, VA, and absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry
06/30/1862 - Absent as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry - "Sick in Richmond since 06/04/1862"
07/00/1862 - Transferred & succeeded as Asst. Surgeon, 5th TX Infantry by Asst. Surgeon John J. Roberts [place of transfer and exact date unknown]
09/10/1862 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton is relieved from duty at General Hospital No. 4, and will report for duty to Surgeon ___ _____ Green, in this city.” [The shorter blank followed by the longer blank are in the original order. The surgeon he reported to was probably Surgeon James Mercer Green.]
09/20/1862 - Reports himself on duty at Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/19/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
11/29/1862 - Furlough approved (10 days), by Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate [2nd time]
04/10/1863 - “Assistant Surgeon John Clopton will report to the colonel commanding the Fourth Regiment Virginia Artillery for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 87/8]
04/10/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 34th VA Infantry [also known as the 4th VA Heavy Artillery] ("assigned to fill vacancy occasioned by relieving of Asst. Surgeon [Benjamin William] Sparks")
04/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
04/24/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th VA Heavy Artillery, Camp Randolph [?VA]
05/27/1863 - "Appointed" Surgeon 13th MS Infantry but not assigned to duty in the regiment until August 15, 1863
05/29/1863 - “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty with the Sixteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers and will report accordingly.” [S.O. 128/4]
07/09/1863 - "Lt. H. A. Fuller co E 16 Ga Regt having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for resignation I hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer and found him suffering from extreme debility and emaciation in consequence of Phthisis Pulmonalis [pulmonary tuberculosis]. He is in my opinion entirely unfit for service. I therefore recommend the acceptance of his resignation" signed, John Clopton, Surgeon 16th Ga Regt [Gen. W. T. Wofford's Brigade, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps]
08/05/1863 - Assigned to duty as Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, Army of Tennessee
08/12/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
08/25/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 05/27/1863 and ordered to report to the Surgeon General by letter
09/30/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
10/00/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, near Chattanooga, TN
11/31/1863 - Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry
- “Surgeon John Clopton is assigned to duty as medical purveyor of Lieutenant-General J. Longstreet’s corps.” [S.O. 278/31]
12/00/1863 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
03/29/1864 - Deposited $1900.00 to the credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate States of America as Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps [?bond]
06/29/1864 - “Surgeon John Clopton, medical purveyor Longstreet’s corps, will relieve Assistant Surgeon W[illiam] H[unt] Hall as medical purveyor at Petersburg, Va. Assistant Surgeon Hall on being relieved will report to the Surgeon-General, in this city, for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 151/12]
07/00/1864 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Gen. J. Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
09/10/1864 - Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
09/30/1864 - Ordered to "remove with all his medical and hospital supplies to Danville [VA]"
01/05/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Danville, VA
01/17/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, Richmond, VA
01/24/1865 - Ordered to move from Danville, VA, to Charlotte, NC [S.O. 19/8]
02/18/1865 - [Surgeon & Medical Purveyor], Charlotte, NC
03/20/1865 - Ordered to remain as Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/02/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Purveyor, High Point, NC
04/26/1865 - Paroled as "Medical Director", Greensborough, NC [Paroles N.C.]
- Practiced medicine briefly in Charles City Co., VA, after the Civil War
~1868- Moved from Richmond, VA, to Williamsburg, VA, to serve as Asst. Physician to Dr. A. E. Peticolas, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
1870 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
07/16/1875 (or 07/06/1875) - Married, Wilhelmena Somerville Piggott (she died in 1890)
1877 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
1880 - Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, James City Co., VA [indexed as John Clofton in the 1880 U.S. Census - living with wife]
- Mason & master of the Williamsburg [VA] Lodge
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Williamsburg, VA
04/15/1890 - Resigned as Asst. Physician, Eastern Lunatic Asylum
06/22/1890 - Wife, Wilhelmena, died
1891 - Knight Templar, Richmond Masonic Commandery
07/23/1891 - Died, Williamsburg, VA (buried: Olive Branch Christ Church Cemetery, Norge, James City Co., VA)
Bob Krick 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.
11/10/2014. Updated 11/12/2014.
Unpublished database.
Inscription
The following was added by the creator of this memorial, Kim Shockey:
"Dr John Fielding CLOPTON Jan 16, 1834-July 23, 1891
and his wife Wilhelmena Somerville Piggott Nov 9, 1850-June 22, 1890
In Memory of/Private George Izzard CLOPTON/96 Co 6 US MARINES/Born James City County,VA/Sept 12, 1889/Wounded in Battle of Chateau Thiery/June 18, 1918/Died Coulommiers June 27, 1918/Buried in France/ He volunteered-He fought-He died/But not in vain "
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