BARNES, Joseph K

Affiliation:  Union

Born: July 21 1817, Philadelphia PA

Died: April 5 1883, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Doctor, appointed to US Army medical corps 1840, Seminole war, Mexican war, frontier duty.

War Service: 1861 Maj., recalled from Pacific Northwest to Washington, Lt. Col. and medical inspector, August 1863 Col., August 1864 Brig. Gen. of Regulars and surgeon general.

Post War: Army service, medical historian, retired US Army 1882.