Father: Dr. Arthure Smith Gibbes
Mother: Phoebe Sarah Campbell
01/01/1844 - Attended the Academy of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
1850 - Lived in Beaufort, St. Helena Parish, SC
03/27/1852 - Enrolled in the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
03/25/1856 - B.A. degree, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
05/00/1856 - Began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father
03/27/1858 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (thesis: "The economy of nature in the chemistry of life")
1856-1860 - Practiced medicine, Beaufort, SC
03/28/1860 - Applied for a position as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy [Source: 1860 U. S. Census]
1860 - Claimed residence in St. Helena Parish,
Beaufort District, SC, with his father
06/06/1861 - Asst Surgeon, Confederate States Navy (CSN)
1861 - Asst Surgeon, CSN, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
1861-1862 - Served as Asst. Surgeon, CSN, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1862 - Served on CSS Sampson, Savannah Squadron
10/02/1862 - Confirmed, Asst. Surgeon, CSN, by the Confederate States Senate
1862-1863 - Served on CSS Savannah, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
10/23/1862 - Appointed Asst Surgeon, CSN, to rank from 10/02/1862
06/17/1863 - Captured while on the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, GA, by the USS Wechawken
06/19/1863 - Prisoner on CSS Atlanta, Port Royal Harbor, SC
06/00/1863 - Treated CSN sick and wounded while held on the CSS Atlanta
12/07/1863 - Released from U.S. prison, Fort Warren, MA
1863-1864 - Served on the CSS Chicora, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1864-1865 - Surgeon, CSN
1865 - Stationed, Charlotte, NC
04/00/1865 - Enrolled in Semmes Naval Brigade
04/26/1865 - Surrendered and paroled, Greensboro, NC
1870 - Practiced medicine, 22nd Ward, New York City, NY
1874 - Practiced medicine, 106 E. Fifteenth St., New York City, NY
04/29/1877 - Died, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Note: Dr. Gibbes kept a diary with many details on his medical practice and his experience in the Confederate States Navy. A typewritten transcript of this diary is in the National Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, GA.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/11/2012. Unpublished database.
The author would like to acknowledge contributions to this bio by Guy Hasegawa and by Terry Foenander
Mother: Phoebe Sarah Campbell
01/01/1844 - Attended the Academy of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
1850 - Lived in Beaufort, St. Helena Parish, SC
03/27/1852 - Enrolled in the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
03/25/1856 - B.A. degree, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
05/00/1856 - Began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father
03/27/1858 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (thesis: "The economy of nature in the chemistry of life")
1856-1860 - Practiced medicine, Beaufort, SC
03/28/1860 - Applied for a position as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy [Source: 1860 U. S. Census]
1860 - Claimed residence in St. Helena Parish,
Beaufort District, SC, with his father
06/06/1861 - Asst Surgeon, Confederate States Navy (CSN)
1861 - Asst Surgeon, CSN, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
1861-1862 - Served as Asst. Surgeon, CSN, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1862 - Served on CSS Sampson, Savannah Squadron
10/02/1862 - Confirmed, Asst. Surgeon, CSN, by the Confederate States Senate
1862-1863 - Served on CSS Savannah, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
10/23/1862 - Appointed Asst Surgeon, CSN, to rank from 10/02/1862
06/17/1863 - Captured while on the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, GA, by the USS Wechawken
06/19/1863 - Prisoner on CSS Atlanta, Port Royal Harbor, SC
06/00/1863 - Treated CSN sick and wounded while held on the CSS Atlanta
12/07/1863 - Released from U.S. prison, Fort Warren, MA
1863-1864 - Served on the CSS Chicora, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1864-1865 - Surgeon, CSN
1865 - Stationed, Charlotte, NC
04/00/1865 - Enrolled in Semmes Naval Brigade
04/26/1865 - Surrendered and paroled, Greensboro, NC
1870 - Practiced medicine, 22nd Ward, New York City, NY
1874 - Practiced medicine, 106 E. Fifteenth St., New York City, NY
04/29/1877 - Died, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Note: Dr. Gibbes kept a diary with many details on his medical practice and his experience in the Confederate States Navy. A typewritten transcript of this diary is in the National Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, GA.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/11/2012. Unpublished database.
The author would like to acknowledge contributions to this bio by Guy Hasegawa and by Terry Foenander
Father: Dr. Arthure Smith Gibbes
Mother: Phoebe Sarah Campbell
01/01/1844 - Attended the Academy of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
1850 - Lived in Beaufort, St. Helena Parish, SC
03/27/1852 - Enrolled in the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
03/25/1856 - B.A. degree, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
05/00/1856 - Began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father
03/27/1858 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (thesis: "The economy of nature in the chemistry of life")
1856-1860 - Practiced medicine, Beaufort, SC
03/28/1860 - Applied for a position as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy [Source: 1860 U. S. Census]
1860 - Claimed residence in St. Helena Parish,
Beaufort District, SC, with his father
06/06/1861 - Asst Surgeon, Confederate States Navy (CSN)
1861 - Asst Surgeon, CSN, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
1861-1862 - Served as Asst. Surgeon, CSN, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1862 - Served on CSS Sampson, Savannah Squadron
10/02/1862 - Confirmed, Asst. Surgeon, CSN, by the Confederate States Senate
1862-1863 - Served on CSS Savannah, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
10/23/1862 - Appointed Asst Surgeon, CSN, to rank from 10/02/1862
06/17/1863 - Captured while on the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, GA, by the USS Wechawken
06/19/1863 - Prisoner on CSS Atlanta, Port Royal Harbor, SC
06/00/1863 - Treated CSN sick and wounded while held on the CSS Atlanta
12/07/1863 - Released from U.S. prison, Fort Warren, MA
1863-1864 - Served on the CSS Chicora, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1864-1865 - Surgeon, CSN
1865 - Stationed, Charlotte, NC
04/00/1865 - Enrolled in Semmes Naval Brigade
04/26/1865 - Surrendered and paroled, Greensboro, NC
1870 - Practiced medicine, 22nd Ward, New York City, NY
1874 - Practiced medicine, 106 E. Fifteenth St., New York City, NY
04/29/1877 - Died, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Note: Dr. Gibbes kept a diary with many details on his medical practice and his experience in the Confederate States Navy. A typewritten transcript of this diary is in the National Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, GA.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/11/2012. Unpublished database.
The author would like to acknowledge contributions to this bio by Guy Hasegawa and by Terry Foenander
Mother: Phoebe Sarah Campbell
01/01/1844 - Attended the Academy of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
1850 - Lived in Beaufort, St. Helena Parish, SC
03/27/1852 - Enrolled in the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
03/25/1856 - B.A. degree, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
05/00/1856 - Began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father
03/27/1858 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (thesis: "The economy of nature in the chemistry of life")
1856-1860 - Practiced medicine, Beaufort, SC
03/28/1860 - Applied for a position as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Navy [Source: 1860 U. S. Census]
1860 - Claimed residence in St. Helena Parish,
Beaufort District, SC, with his father
06/06/1861 - Asst Surgeon, Confederate States Navy (CSN)
1861 - Asst Surgeon, CSN, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
1861-1862 - Served as Asst. Surgeon, CSN, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1862 - Served on CSS Sampson, Savannah Squadron
10/02/1862 - Confirmed, Asst. Surgeon, CSN, by the Confederate States Senate
1862-1863 - Served on CSS Savannah, Savannah Station, Savannah, GA
10/23/1862 - Appointed Asst Surgeon, CSN, to rank from 10/02/1862
06/17/1863 - Captured while on the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, GA, by the USS Wechawken
06/19/1863 - Prisoner on CSS Atlanta, Port Royal Harbor, SC
06/00/1863 - Treated CSN sick and wounded while held on the CSS Atlanta
12/07/1863 - Released from U.S. prison, Fort Warren, MA
1863-1864 - Served on the CSS Chicora, Charleston Station, Charleston, SC
1864-1865 - Surgeon, CSN
1865 - Stationed, Charlotte, NC
04/00/1865 - Enrolled in Semmes Naval Brigade
04/26/1865 - Surrendered and paroled, Greensboro, NC
1870 - Practiced medicine, 22nd Ward, New York City, NY
1874 - Practiced medicine, 106 E. Fifteenth St., New York City, NY
04/29/1877 - Died, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
Note: Dr. Gibbes kept a diary with many details on his medical practice and his experience in the Confederate States Navy. A typewritten transcript of this diary is in the National Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, GA.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/11/2012. Unpublished database.
The author would like to acknowledge contributions to this bio by Guy Hasegawa and by Terry Foenander
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