Father: Joseph Hallett Burroughs (1803-1854
Mother: Valeria Gibbons Berrien (1806-1883)
08/02/1850 - Lived with parents and sibs, District No. 13, Chatham Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Richard Burroughs)
1851-1853 - Attended, Franklin College, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (from: Savannah, GA)
1853 - Graduated, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
09/09/1854 - Father, Joseph, died, Richmond Co., GA
03/00/1856 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: GA)
05/07/1857 - Married, Ella Jane Burroughs (1839-1868), his paternal first cousin
06/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Hardee District, Camden Co., GA (living with wife, E.J., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Richard B. Borroughs")
05/06/1862 - "The following named medical officers will without delay report for duty to Major-General Pemberton, commanding Department of South Carolina and Georgia:…Assistant Surgeons Richard B. Burroughs." [S.O.104/19]
06/11/1862 - Submitted a Special Requisition for an Amputating Case with Bone Nippers and for 1/2 pound of chloroform. These were "required for the public service, rendered so by a severe gun shot wound requiring amputation."
06/28/1862 - Signed a receipt for $127.91 which he apparently received for selling medicines to the Confederate States via Medical Purveyor W. H. Prioleau
06/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery [GA], 13th [Phoenix] Battalion GA Infantry
07/10/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/06/1862
07/10/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. J. C. Pemberton
07/19/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery [GA]
08/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery [GA], 13th [Phoenix] Battalion GA Infantry
08/07/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th GA Infantry Battalion
08/29/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Phoenix Battalion [13th GA Infantry Battalion]
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from GA by the Confederate States Senate
10/02/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery, 13th GA Infantry Battalion
10/18/1862 - Submitted a requisition for 5 gallons of Medicated Whiskey for one month's use by the Thunderbolt Battery, 13th Georgia Infantry Battalion
10/20/1862 - Acknowledged receipt of a 5 gallon jug containing whiskey for the Thunderbolt Battery, 13th Georgia Infantry Battalion
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery, Col. G.A. Gordon's Regiment, Georgia Infantry
02/09/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery, Col. Gordon's Regiment, GA Infantry
04/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Thunderbolt Battery, Col. Gordon's Regiment, GA Infantry
06/05/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 63rd GA Infantry, Thunderbolt Battery
07/08/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 63rd GA Infantry, Thunderbolt Battery
06/19/1863 - Leave granted [S.O. 127/1 Dept. S.C., Ga. & Fla. - Gen. Beauregard]
06/23/1863-07/08/1863 - On furlough by authority of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard
07/28/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 63rd GA Infantry
09/26/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Thunderbolt Battery, GA
11/01/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th GA Cavalry, Camp Mercer, near Screven, GA
11/10/1863 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, 4th GA Cavalry Hospital
12/01/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, 4th GA Cavalry (Clinch's), stationed at Camp Mercer
02/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th GA Cavalry (Clinch's), Camp Mercer, GA
06/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th GA Cavalry (Clinch's), Camp Mercer
07/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 4th GA Cavalry (Clinch's), Macon, GA
08/31/1864 - After the Battle of Jonesboro, GA, "Surgeon Richard B. Burroughs went back to the battlefield and rescued Capt. Thomas Spalding Wylly, hauling him safely on his own horse." Capt. Spalding was badly wounded and had been left on the battlefield.
07/29/1867 - Signed an oath to "faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States", in Camden Co., GA, where he resided
08/13/1868 - Wife, Ella Jane, died in Astoria, Queens, NY
07/07/1870 - Practiced medicine, Tallahassee, Leon Co., FL (living with three children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Richd B. Burroughs")
1874 - Married, Florida C. Lewis (1850-1895)
06/04/1880 - Practiced medicine, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL (living with wife, F. L., four sons, and one daughter - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as R. B. Burroughs)
04/01/1883 - Mother, Valeria, died
1885 - Chief Surgeon, Florida Division of the United Florida Veterans
1891 - Practiced medicine, 115 W. Ashley, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL
04/14/1895 - Wife, Florida, died, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, buried Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
1892 - Surgeon General, Florida Division of the United Florida Veterans
- Vice President, Florida State Medical Association
1897 - President, Florida State Medical Association
1898 - Director, Confederate Soldiers' Home, Jacksonville, FL
1898 - Chief Surgeon, Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
- Served on the Jacksonville [FL] City Council
06/08/1900 - Practiced medicine, Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL (living with one son and one daughter - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Richard Burroughs)
09/11/1901 - Died after a long illness in Norfolk, VA, at the home of his son, Joseph Hallet Burroughs

Robert Thompson, Bob Krick, Michael Angelo and Guy Hasegawa provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
04/07/2016. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Robert Thompson, the creator of this memorial:

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications
Name: Doctor Richd Berrien Burroughs
SAR Membership: 20693
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1833
Father: Joseph Hallett Burroughs
Mother: Valeria Gibbons Berrien
Spouse: Ella Jane Burroughs
Children: Joseph Hallett Burroughs