A Confederate Surgeon Remains after Gettysburg

General Robert E. Lee's order to Dr. Simon Baruch to remain with the wounded after Gettysburg meant that he would become a prisoner of war. His account of the what happened, published in 1914, reveals the pressure he and other surgeons were under and the moment he surrendered to Union cavalry on the Fourth of July, 1863.
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[@supererdoc]

One minor correction, if I may. As you mentioned, Dr. Simon Baruch initially accepted a commission as assistant surgeon of the 3rd South Carolina Battalion on April 4, 1862. But in August of that same year, he transferred to the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment as a full surgeon. He was in this 13th MS when captured at Gettysburg, not the 3rd SC Battalion. Following his release from captivity, he rejoined the 13th in 1864 and served until the war's end.

[@michaelpeffer8517]

I have living histories at the Black Horse Tavern Farm on the Saturday of the 4th of July. Dr. Baruch book is a must read Dr. Baruch and Dr. Monterio both wrote great books….Great job with the presentation!!!!!!

[@ukulelemikeleii]

When I was a fledgling theater student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the 1970s, my advisor was a Dr. Baruch. Bob Baruch. I wonder if there's any relation, since the name is the same and my Dr. Baruch resembles the photo very closely of your Dr. Baruch!

[@BARUCHIAN99]

Nice, I graduated from a junior high school in NYC named after him! Interestingly, Dr. Simon Baruch was the father of Bernard M. Baruch! I graduated from a college named after his son as well!

[@dirtfarmer7070]

Lord,if they knew who he was, the name would be struck from the school by morning!

[@lownotehd]

Ron, enjoy watching all your post! Doing a great job!

[@user-sp2le5kx9f]

Great description from the medical officer Ron.

[@noapologizes2018]

In 2 days, it will be 162 years to the day, of the Battle of Shiloh. As Shelby Foote Civil War Historian and writer explained, he would visit each of the Civil War battle sites on the month and day of the battle to get an idea of how it might have looked during the battle.

[@TheByteknight]

Well, don't leave us hanging.. surely he described his 2 years of being a POW/Camp doctor..

[@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail]

Here's the rest of the story: archive.org/details/confederateveter22conf/page/544/mode/2up?q=baruch

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

This is great content! I can clearly picture the scenes as though they were filmed. I suppose we can put that down to the fact that, despite the utter savagery of the Civil War, there were civilized men on both sides of the conflict whose literacy far exceeds today's hordes of victims of a public school system that does violence to the concept of education, wherein college graduates can't spell, don't understand how to use punctuation, and have difficulty constructing a grammatically correct sentence. In listening to such well articulated narratives as this, it strikes me that in some ways, so many folks were far more civilized back then. Yet, at the same time, they were inclined to march off to participate in a brutal war, inflicting unimaginably horrific mass slaughter on each other. It kind of pegs the irony meter.

[@johnlysic6727]

Hey Ron - years ago I read a story of Gettysburg where a family of Quaker’s had a farm in the area - one of the Son’s of the family had run off to the South and became a slave owner to the families great shame & disgust & he was formally 0:04 disowned - it turns out that he fought & died with the confederates very near his family home - he was buried in a mass grave near their porch and the family refused to acknowledge him at all - is this story in your research?

[@simpilot8508]

Where are you finding these accounts ?

[@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail]

Books, newspapers, letters, journals and other primary source documents. Some are found in searches and others from free and subscription databases. Hope this helps!

[@user-fc1gq5xd9e]

he got captured twice, first to give medical services, second just to interrupt a well earned dinner

[@KevinPierce-pu4bd]

alright, guy.

[@louismarano8121]

Of course, this was the father of Bernard Baruch: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baruch

[@johnschuh8616]

WOW!

[@gregdzialo9998]

In regard to the consumed peacock, I must admit I've also liked the Spanish name: "Pavo Real", literally Royal Turkey. 🦚 I still remember them from my youth & wandering the grounds of the old Del Monte Hotel @ the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA when my father was a student there.

[@JohnnyButtons]

They sure are noisy creatures lol.

[@gregdzialo9998]

@@JohnnyButtons Indeed, they can surely scare the daylights out of you if you're not aware they're lurking around. 🦚😳😆