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CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin a little tight on the right) tied by the BLUE Hillsboro NC CDS 6 APR. Orange paper cover with Military Address to Surgeon Wm Alex Thom, C. S. Army, Banner Hospital, Richmond, Va. Very Fine. William Alexander Thom (1820-1899) received his MD degree from the Medcal College of Virginia in 1841. Before the war, he practiced medicine in Northampton County. He entered service as Acting Assistant Surgeon of the 39th Va Inf at Camp Huger (Va) 6/23/1861 and was appointed Surgeon 11/25/1861 and transferred to Richmond. He spent the rest of the war at various hospitals and various duties in Richmond as Surgeon-in-Charge and served for a time as the Head of the Medical Examining Board. Banner Hospital in the address (also known as General Hospital No 12) was in a tobacco warehouse at 19th and Franklin Streets and also served Libby Prison. Dr Thom was captured near the end of the war on 4/3/1865 while working in a hospital in Richmond and paroled 4/16/1865. After the war, he went back to Northampton County and continued to practice medicine.

$200.00

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