The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
ABIOGRAPHYOF DR. 81. MOORE
ms WORK As SURGEON-GENERAn
or THE CONFEDERtCY.
4 sketch ef His Career Prepared ~ . Ne
suit sf the Memphis heunis -ub
Metallic services to h
Arm, Means ~ His Command.

NstabIe services tn the southern
Arm, small Means ~ His Command.
A. a result Of the Memphis Confederate
reunion. a biography has been prepared
from records Of fr-t instance Of one Of b
mos, important official leaders Of tho
southern oau--, the Surseon-Genersl OF
the Confederate States. DIR Samuel Preston
Moore. II was no easy task To get to-
gether the desired material. but tbs work
was finally accomplished through official
channels and the material was turned
over To one whose personal interest In tho
subj~ct Ld him 10 acs-pt gladly the come
mission to write the sketch.
The request for the sketch was made after
the Memphis reunion to Gen Marcus j,
Wright. OF the War Records once. at Washs
ington Gen Wright became core.
spondent To- fulfil the request and then
turned over the mas 81 Jurisprudence
h." received e. Dr Samuel = Lewis 81 Wa-h>
ington, AN assistant surgeon IN the Con-
fedsrats service and First Vice Preeident
Of the Association Of Medical Officers OF
the Army and Navy of the Confederate
State Dr lewiA's paper, e~mbodyinS
the facts CLEANED from this correspondence
and other sources appears In the SoufhsrH
Practitioner
DR. Moore was a Iincai descendant Of
Or Mordecai Moore, who came 10 this
country a. physician 90 Lord Baltimore.
He was connected also with The family
of the first Deputy-Governor Of Pennsyls
vanih under William Penn. Thomas Lloyd.
lie was born al Charleston, = G., IN ISIS
and became an assistant; surgeon In ths
United States Army In 1885 He became
Surgeon with the rank OF Major fourteeu
years later During the dozen years be-
tween this tim. and his resignation from n
army he served In many parts Of the country.
from Oregon tO the Gulf. from the Texan
frontier 10 Governors Island In this harbor.
He accompanied the advance guard Of troops
that went across the plains ahead OF the
great emigration Of 1919. Prior To TINS
X. had been for two years during the Mexi-
can War on the Mexican side OF the no
Grande
For FIVE years before the early part OF
1890 he was at the Military Academy 40
West Point, and In the spring Of that wear
he Wa sent To Now Orleans. Having de-
voted himself 20 the service and rcfrained
from political concerns and attachments
his biographies says. he found himself at the
approach Of the grea' struggle much dis
tre.@ed To determine whore his duty lay.
his mind bring as unsettled a. thai of the
then Col Robert T. lee With the sece--
sion Of has state he decided TO quit the army
and be- resigned his commission He wene
10 Little Rock Ark. In retirement, with
some intention OF making that place his
home
But DIR LOWS remarks that the times
were not conducive OF repoSe. AN trained
officers were urgently required IN all de-
partments of the amy and navy There
Tore. In response to the persistent appeals
Of his dearest friends. and from "A high sense
Of duty. he concluded 20 answer the call
made upon him a. an officer OF recognized
merit Nv President Davis and Ia accepe
appointment a. the Surgeon-Gencral in
June. 1891
The Confederate Surgeon-G Generals rec
ords wep. burned Ia the fire Of the night
Of the evacuation Of Richmond, April ?,
lsa5, and DR. Moorr's private paper which
had he-,n removed from his residence TO q
place Of supposed safety, we're destroyed 10
a part Of the city which was afierwRrd
burned 30 IL nav be seen why the ma
terial for the biography had To he CLEANED
through correspondence
Dr Moore Immediately upon his appoints
ment ~ Surgeon-Gencrh set about or
ganizing his department, a task whors
difficulty was enhanced by the fact that
mos, of the Southern medical men had had
experience only in the home practice Of civtl
life and by the action Of the United STATES
Government In declaring all medical goods
and appliances contraband OF war. This
action and the blockade Of Southern ports
threw the medical department OF the South
ern military service very much upon its own
resources.
The medical department was constrained
10 sex In its own forests and fields
DIR. lewis says, such substitutes n could
he found for the more reliable medicines
ana 10 bllld ana ttla bl-I hppfhlpTfs
for converting them into pharmaceutical
preparations In large quantities and ar
range them In convenient packages for
wid dist ribution and USE to imorovise
and manufacture nv unskilled artisans and
the scanty means at hand. such surgical
instruments and appliances a. their necee-
sity required and ingenuity could invent,
which could not be procured through tho
so-called underground railroad OF tbs
time
NJ. mn .,r.o,. .,d = 900 ass,stap,s
surgeons In the Confederate Army treated,
according 10 estimate, S.OOo,0DD cases 81
wounds and disease. DIR, Lewis SAYS. Tho
estimates place the numb"r Of Federal
prisoners captured by The Confederstes
and held In Southern prisons AZ 27o.Ono.
and the number of Confederate prisoners
taken by the Federal armies at 10000.
Yet, DIR. lewis says, the number OF deaths
among the former was 22.S7O. while tbs
number among the latter was 20, tsd. this
percentage OF deaths in the Confederate
prisons t+ing about = $40 To a percentage
Of II In the Federal prisons.
sSuch in brief" saw DIR Lewis, was
the work To which Dr. Moore gave anxious
thought and cea-eleSs labor, and developed
and conducted under the most embarrassing
and Encouraging circumstances 10 mar
velious discipline. efficiency and resources
mlness
DIR. Moore in-tigated the formation in
isaS Of the Association Of Army and Navy
Surgeons Of the Confederate States and he
established by his encouragement tho
CoaIedsrdie States N.dicdi and ~Srrpiodi
J~ovrnoi. which was published during Inc
war.
Dr Lewis Says Of Dr Moore In person
he was above medium stature. well formed.
er.ci and OF soldieTly hearing. regular.
handsome features, not %auStcre, hu' SUBJ
dued h~vShought and studiour habits $50
That he spared not himself M. hest tssti-
mony j. the hugh renown b" won for him
self and his faithful corp- with the meiical
world. which has justified the wisdom
Of his selection for the duiier imposed
upon him. and al-o hv the loving regard
for him in recognition and apprSsa-
tion ~ his services hy all the people Of hIs
beloved Southland
Dr Moor. married. In lSt5. q dauChier
Of MaJor Jacob Brown. who Was killed
la the Mexican War ~ a place on the Texan
side ~ ihe Rio Grsndr which has -incr h-srn
known in his honor a. Port Brown Dr.
Moore died In is@ IN Richmond. Va His
survived him AMI this siTmmer has
iveh AT the home 81 h"T spn -in-law Howard
X Bavn- Ia New Brighton. Staten Island
Ho~ Hls Hens We're killed.
Prom "a D'fra'f Fr'' Pres.