Father: William Thomas Sutton
Mother: Mary Carey Armistead
1850 - Lived, Bertie Co, NC
1858 - A. B. degree, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1860 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: "pleuritis")
1860 - Lived, Bertie Co, NC
11/06/1860 - Married, Annie P. Outlaw of
Windsor, Bertie Co, NC
06/10/1862 - Examined by an Army Board of Medical Examination for a position as
Surgeon, Provisional Army
of the Confederate States
09/26/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, to rank
from 05/19/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Surgeon by the
Confederate States Senate
10/00/1862 - Surgeon, 44th NC State Troops, Gen. J. J. Pettigrew's Brigade
10/07/1862 - Assigned as Surgeon, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/04/1862 - Surgeon, Div. 1, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
01/23/1863 - Surgeon, Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
03/05/1863 - On twenty day furlough in Warrenton, NC, suffering from lithiasis and rheumatism
04/15/1863 - Ordered to relieve Surgeon C. D. Rice in charge of Smallpox Hospital,
Richmond, VA
07/21/1863 - Surgeon-in-charge, 3rd Div. Howard's Grove Hospital (formerly Smallpox Hospital), Richmond, VA
08/29/1863 - Relieved as Surgeon-in-charge, Smallpox Hospital, Richmond, VA
to take charge of the 3rd Div., Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
10/26/1863 - Surgeon-in-charge, 3rd Div., Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
01/15/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, 3rd Div., Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
03/19/1864 - Ordered to report to Col. Shields for assignment on the Board of Examiners,
4th Congressional District of VA
04/29/1864 - Chairman, Examining Board, 2nd Congressional District of VA, Hicksford, Greenville Co, VA
05/02/1864 - Relieved from conscript duty
and ordered to report for assignment to
Surgeon Lafayette Guild, Medical Director,
Army of Northern VA
05/25/1864 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director, 2nd Army Corps, for duty
09/16/1864 - Surgeon, 21st NC Infantry (State Troops)
10/11/1864 - Surgeon, 21st NC Infantry, Gen. W. G. Lewis's Brigade
10/13/1864 - Patient, Winder Hospital, Richmond, VA
11/30/1864 - Surgeon, 21st NC Infantry,
Gen. A.C. Godwin's Brigade
01/07/1865 - Senior Surgeon, Gen. W. G. Lewis's Brigade
02/00/1865 - Surgeon, 21st NC Infantry (State Troops), Camp Godwin, VA
04/09/1865 - Paroled, Appomattox, VA, as Surgeon, 21st NC Infantry
1870 - Practiced medicine, Mary Hill,
Bertie Co, NC
1874 - Practiced medicine, Windsor,
Bertie Co, NC
1880 - Practiced medicine, Norfolk,
Norfolk Co, VA
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, 65 Bank St. Norfolk, Norfolk Co, VA

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/26/2012. Unpublished database.