10/17/1850 - Medical student, Panola Co., TX (lived with the John R. Dickerson family; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as M. J. Birdsong)
1851-1852 - Attended 1st course of medicine, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: Elysian Fields, Harrison Co., TX; preceptor: Dr. Birdsong)
1853-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Bethany, Panola Co., TX; preceptor: Dr. J. M. Birdsong; thesis: "Menstruation")
08/28/1860 - Practiced medicine, White River, Prairie Co., AR (lived with wife, Elizabeth, and three children; Indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as M. J. Birdsong)
05/15/1861 - Announced the dissolution of his partnership with Dr. Napoleon Bonaparte Tucker, Des Arc, AR [Des Arc Semi-weekly Citizen, Des Arc, AR, June 29, 1861, p. 4, c. 3.]
05/28/1861 - Surgeon, Arkansas Volunteers (state troops), near Randolph, TN [Note: Dr. Birdsong was Surgeon of a battalion of artillery. This unit of the Arkansas Volunteers would subsequently become the 15th AR Infantry.] [Source: Des Arc Semi-weekly Citizen, Des Arc, AR, Jun 4, 1861, p. 3, c. 5.]
05/13/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 12th TX Dragoons (12th TX Cavalry), Confederate States, Army, Little Rock, AR
07/14/1863 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, 16th TX Cavalry (dismounted)
08/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 16th TX Cavalry (dismounted)
11/05/1863 - As Asst. surgeon, granted leave of absence, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Dept.
11/30/1863 - Serving, Waterhouse Regt. (19th TX Cavalry)
02/29/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 16th TX Cavalry (dismounted), Camp, Glenwood, LA
11/03/1864 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 08/26/1863
12/28/1864 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from AR by the Confederate States Senate
02/00/1865 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Marshall, TX
04/30/1865 - Surgeon, 28th TX Cavalry (dismounted), near Hempstead, Waller Co., TX
07/07/1865 - As Surgeon, 28th Texas Cavalry (dismounted), paroled by the U. S. Army, Marshall, TX [Note: At the time, Dr. Birdsong claimed to be from Davis Co., TX.]
08/29/1870 - Practiced medicine, Beat 3, Panola Co., TX (lived with wife, Rebecca, and two children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "M. J. Birdsong)
04/07/1872 - Married Mary Ann Oden Mathews (1836-1912), Panola Co., TX
04/08/1878 - Mother, Marium, died in Carthage, Panola Co., TX (buried: Carthage City Cemetery, Carthage, TX; FindAGrave #26046101)
03/15/1879 - Father, Alexander, died in Floyd, Hunt Co., TX (buried: Hopewell Cemetery, Hunt Co., TX; FindAGrave #27024135)
06/05/1880 - Practiced medicine, Precinct 1, Panola Co., TX (lived with wife, Mary A., and nephew, Baily A. Birdsong; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as Miles J. Birdsong)
1886, 1890 - Practiced medicine, Greenville, Hunt Co., TX
06/13/1900 - Practiced medicine, Ward 1, Greenville, Hunt Co., TX (lived with wife, Mary A.; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as Miles J. Birdsong)
06/07/1905 - Died, Greenville, Hunt Co., TX (buried: Mount Zion Cemetery, De Berry, Panola Co., TX; FindAGrave #10416784)
06/12/1912 - Widow, Mary Ann, died in Panola Co., TX (buried: Carthage City Cemetery, Carthage, Panola Co., TX; FindAGrave #26046101)

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
04/22/2022. Unpublished database.

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