Father: Dr. Charles Glover Fisher, Sr. (1800 - 1879)
Mother: Elizabeth Virginia Dunham (1810 - 1878)
08/27/1850 - Student, Covington, Tipton Co., TN (lived with his parents - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
1851 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: TN; preceptor, Dr. Charles Glover Fisher)
01/19/1852 - Married, Sophia Cotton Flowers (1833 - 1917)
01/20/1852 - Birth of Mary Virginia Fisher (1852 - 1935)
06/21/1860 - Teacher, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Sophia C., his mother-in-law, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
04/21/1862 - Entered military service [?in what capacity]
12/09/1862 - Admitted to the Gen. Hospital, Houston, TX (diagnosis: Pleuritis)
12/11/1862 - Furloughed for 20 days
03/12/1863 - As an Acting Asst. Surgeon, applied for the position of Asst. Surgeon
07/21/1863 - Assigned as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry
10/31/1863 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Galveston, TX
11/03/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/28/1863
12/28/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Texas by the Confederate States Senate
01/01/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to Orders No. __ I have the honor to report that we have no diet for the sick independent of the rations which are drawn from the Commissary __ __. I have no Mess Chest or Medicine Chest, no Litters. Our accommodations for the sick in Quarters are very Poor. The worst Cases we send to the General Hospital in the Suburbs of the City. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Tex Vol. Infty"
01/30/1864 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, TX
04/29/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to your order No. 44, the undersigned W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry would respectfully state that he desires to obtain a leave of absence for twenty days to visit his family residing near Courtney, Grimes County [Texas]. I have been in the service since the 21st of April, 1862, was appointed Surgeon of the Regt. on the 21st day of July, 1863, obtained a leave of absence for ten days about [the] 1st of September, but when my leave of had half expired, I returned
promptly to my post in obedience to an order issued by Maj. Genl. Magruder calling all absentees immediately to their commands. Was on detailed Service in October for the purpose of procuring Medicines for the use of the Regt. and absent five days at Houston since which time I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have never been reported absent on Sick furlough. Asst Surgeon Geo. M. Francis having been released from arrest & ordered to duty will take charge of the Regt. during my absence. I therefore respectfully ask that my application be granted. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt. , W. D. Fisher, Surgeon, 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry."
07/30/1864 - Acting Chief Surgeon, 1st Sub District, Galveston, TX
09/14/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you that 'Yellow Fever is on the increase since my report to you of yesterday. I have had in my own Practice three more cases all presenting the same symptoms. Lieut Wm Prizody [?sp] died yesterday evening at 7 1/2 O clock of Black Vomit. I have been unofficially informed this morning by Surgeon Jos. Mayes [?sp] that there is in the Post Hospital a case of Yellow Fever with Black Vomit. I have conferred this morning with Messrs. Tucker, Waklee & Vansickle [local Galveston citizens] in regard to establishing a Yellow Fever Hospl in the Porch Portion of the Tremont House [a Galveston Hotel]. They have determined to form a "Howard Association" __ Citizens have offered to do all in their Power as regards nursing the sick & furnishing them with all possible necessities. It is necessary that several negroes should be detailed immediately to report to Messrs. Tucker, Vansickle, or Waklee for the purpose of putting the house in order. I have not see Dr. Douse [?sp] this morning in regard to a fatal case in his practice at 9 O clock this morning. All my cases are this morning doing well. I shall report to you from day to day the progress of the Epidemic as this disease has unquestionably assumed that form. Will you please have several negroes ordered to report immediately to either of the above mentioned Gentlemen. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
Note: Mr. S. Van Sickle was a clerk in the Confederate Engineers Dept, Galveston, TX, in 1863. Mr. Tucker was probably Phillip Crosby Tucker (1826-1894), an attorney in Galveston. Mr. Waklee has not been identified.
09/15/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you this morning that Yellow Fever seems to be on the increase - other cases having occured [sic] since I saw you - we have no nurses or very few that understand this disease and yesterday Messrs. Tucker, Shackleford & other Citizens told me that they would confer with you today in regard to the best means to be adopted. Allow me very respectfully to urge the absolute necessity of immediately organizing a Hospl. at the Tremont House. I do not think it should be deferred one day. I feel very much like taking my bed this morning & am very anxious to have this matter attended to before I am taken down. Very Respy, Your Obt Svt, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
09/19/1864 - Died of yellow fever while serving as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX [buried: Oleander Cemetery (a.k.a., Old Potter's Field Cemetery), Galveston, Galveston Co., TX - Note: In 2000, a marker was erected in Oleander Cemetery to commemorate the final resting place of over 200 Confederate soldiers who died of yellow fever during the war in Galveston ]
01/17/1879 - Father, Charles, died in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
01/00/1886 - Mother, Elizabeth, died in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
02/27/1917 - Widow, Sophia, died at the home of a daughter, Navasota, Grimes Co., TX (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, TX)
Russell Fisher, a descendent of Dr. William Dunham Fisher, Jim Schmidt, and Andy Hall 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.
10/24/2017. Updated 11/05/2017.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Elizabeth Virginia Dunham (1810 - 1878)
08/27/1850 - Student, Covington, Tipton Co., TN (lived with his parents - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
1851 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: TN; preceptor, Dr. Charles Glover Fisher)
01/19/1852 - Married, Sophia Cotton Flowers (1833 - 1917)
01/20/1852 - Birth of Mary Virginia Fisher (1852 - 1935)
06/21/1860 - Teacher, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Sophia C., his mother-in-law, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
04/21/1862 - Entered military service [?in what capacity]
12/09/1862 - Admitted to the Gen. Hospital, Houston, TX (diagnosis: Pleuritis)
12/11/1862 - Furloughed for 20 days
03/12/1863 - As an Acting Asst. Surgeon, applied for the position of Asst. Surgeon
07/21/1863 - Assigned as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry
10/31/1863 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Galveston, TX
11/03/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/28/1863
12/28/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Texas by the Confederate States Senate
01/01/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to Orders No. __ I have the honor to report that we have no diet for the sick independent of the rations which are drawn from the Commissary __ __. I have no Mess Chest or Medicine Chest, no Litters. Our accommodations for the sick in Quarters are very Poor. The worst Cases we send to the General Hospital in the Suburbs of the City. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Tex Vol. Infty"
01/30/1864 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, TX
04/29/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to your order No. 44, the undersigned W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry would respectfully state that he desires to obtain a leave of absence for twenty days to visit his family residing near Courtney, Grimes County [Texas]. I have been in the service since the 21st of April, 1862, was appointed Surgeon of the Regt. on the 21st day of July, 1863, obtained a leave of absence for ten days about [the] 1st of September, but when my leave of had half expired, I returned
promptly to my post in obedience to an order issued by Maj. Genl. Magruder calling all absentees immediately to their commands. Was on detailed Service in October for the purpose of procuring Medicines for the use of the Regt. and absent five days at Houston since which time I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have never been reported absent on Sick furlough. Asst Surgeon Geo. M. Francis having been released from arrest & ordered to duty will take charge of the Regt. during my absence. I therefore respectfully ask that my application be granted. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt. , W. D. Fisher, Surgeon, 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry."
07/30/1864 - Acting Chief Surgeon, 1st Sub District, Galveston, TX
09/14/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you that 'Yellow Fever is on the increase since my report to you of yesterday. I have had in my own Practice three more cases all presenting the same symptoms. Lieut Wm Prizody [?sp] died yesterday evening at 7 1/2 O clock of Black Vomit. I have been unofficially informed this morning by Surgeon Jos. Mayes [?sp] that there is in the Post Hospital a case of Yellow Fever with Black Vomit. I have conferred this morning with Messrs. Tucker, Waklee & Vansickle [local Galveston citizens] in regard to establishing a Yellow Fever Hospl in the Porch Portion of the Tremont House [a Galveston Hotel]. They have determined to form a "Howard Association" __ Citizens have offered to do all in their Power as regards nursing the sick & furnishing them with all possible necessities. It is necessary that several negroes should be detailed immediately to report to Messrs. Tucker, Vansickle, or Waklee for the purpose of putting the house in order. I have not see Dr. Douse [?sp] this morning in regard to a fatal case in his practice at 9 O clock this morning. All my cases are this morning doing well. I shall report to you from day to day the progress of the Epidemic as this disease has unquestionably assumed that form. Will you please have several negroes ordered to report immediately to either of the above mentioned Gentlemen. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
Note: Mr. S. Van Sickle was a clerk in the Confederate Engineers Dept, Galveston, TX, in 1863. Mr. Tucker was probably Phillip Crosby Tucker (1826-1894), an attorney in Galveston. Mr. Waklee has not been identified.
09/15/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you this morning that Yellow Fever seems to be on the increase - other cases having occured [sic] since I saw you - we have no nurses or very few that understand this disease and yesterday Messrs. Tucker, Shackleford & other Citizens told me that they would confer with you today in regard to the best means to be adopted. Allow me very respectfully to urge the absolute necessity of immediately organizing a Hospl. at the Tremont House. I do not think it should be deferred one day. I feel very much like taking my bed this morning & am very anxious to have this matter attended to before I am taken down. Very Respy, Your Obt Svt, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
09/19/1864 - Died of yellow fever while serving as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX [buried: Oleander Cemetery (a.k.a., Old Potter's Field Cemetery), Galveston, Galveston Co., TX - Note: In 2000, a marker was erected in Oleander Cemetery to commemorate the final resting place of over 200 Confederate soldiers who died of yellow fever during the war in Galveston ]
01/17/1879 - Father, Charles, died in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
01/00/1886 - Mother, Elizabeth, died in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
02/27/1917 - Widow, Sophia, died at the home of a daughter, Navasota, Grimes Co., TX (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, TX)
Russell Fisher, a descendent of Dr. William Dunham Fisher, Jim Schmidt, and Andy Hall 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.
10/24/2017. Updated 11/05/2017.
Unpublished database.
Father: Dr. Charles Glover Fisher, Sr. (1800 - 1879)
Mother: Elizabeth Virginia Dunham (1810 - 1878)
08/27/1850 - Student, Covington, Tipton Co., TN (lived with his parents - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
1851 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: TN; preceptor, Dr. Charles Glover Fisher)
01/19/1852 - Married, Sophia Cotton Flowers (1833 - 1917)
01/20/1852 - Birth of Mary Virginia Fisher (1852 - 1935)
06/21/1860 - Teacher, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Sophia C., his mother-in-law, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
04/21/1862 - Entered military service [?in what capacity]
12/09/1862 - Admitted to the Gen. Hospital, Houston, TX (diagnosis: Pleuritis)
12/11/1862 - Furloughed for 20 days
03/12/1863 - As an Acting Asst. Surgeon, applied for the position of Asst. Surgeon
07/21/1863 - Assigned as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry
10/31/1863 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Galveston, TX
11/03/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/28/1863
12/28/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Texas by the Confederate States Senate
01/01/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to Orders No. __ I have the honor to report that we have no diet for the sick independent of the rations which are drawn from the Commissary __ __. I have no Mess Chest or Medicine Chest, no Litters. Our accommodations for the sick in Quarters are very Poor. The worst Cases we send to the General Hospital in the Suburbs of the City. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Tex Vol. Infty"
01/30/1864 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, TX
04/29/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to your order No. 44, the undersigned W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry would respectfully state that he desires to obtain a leave of absence for twenty days to visit his family residing near Courtney, Grimes County [Texas]. I have been in the service since the 21st of April, 1862, was appointed Surgeon of the Regt. on the 21st day of July, 1863, obtained a leave of absence for ten days about [the] 1st of September, but when my leave of had half expired, I returned
promptly to my post in obedience to an order issued by Maj. Genl. Magruder calling all absentees immediately to their commands. Was on detailed Service in October for the purpose of procuring Medicines for the use of the Regt. and absent five days at Houston since which time I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have never been reported absent on Sick furlough. Asst Surgeon Geo. M. Francis having been released from arrest & ordered to duty will take charge of the Regt. during my absence. I therefore respectfully ask that my application be granted. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt. , W. D. Fisher, Surgeon, 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry."
07/30/1864 - Acting Chief Surgeon, 1st Sub District, Galveston, TX
09/14/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you that 'Yellow Fever is on the increase since my report to you of yesterday. I have had in my own Practice three more cases all presenting the same symptoms. Lieut Wm Prizody [?sp] died yesterday evening at 7 1/2 O clock of Black Vomit. I have been unofficially informed this morning by Surgeon Jos. Mayes [?sp] that there is in the Post Hospital a case of Yellow Fever with Black Vomit. I have conferred this morning with Messrs. Tucker, Waklee & Vansickle [local Galveston citizens] in regard to establishing a Yellow Fever Hospl in the Porch Portion of the Tremont House [a Galveston Hotel]. They have determined to form a "Howard Association" __ Citizens have offered to do all in their Power as regards nursing the sick & furnishing them with all possible necessities. It is necessary that several negroes should be detailed immediately to report to Messrs. Tucker, Vansickle, or Waklee for the purpose of putting the house in order. I have not see Dr. Douse [?sp] this morning in regard to a fatal case in his practice at 9 O clock this morning. All my cases are this morning doing well. I shall report to you from day to day the progress of the Epidemic as this disease has unquestionably assumed that form. Will you please have several negroes ordered to report immediately to either of the above mentioned Gentlemen. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
Note: Mr. S. Van Sickle was a clerk in the Confederate Engineers Dept, Galveston, TX, in 1863. Mr. Tucker was probably Phillip Crosby Tucker (1826-1894), an attorney in Galveston. Mr. Waklee has not been identified.
09/15/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you this morning that Yellow Fever seems to be on the increase - other cases having occured [sic] since I saw you - we have no nurses or very few that understand this disease and yesterday Messrs. Tucker, Shackleford & other Citizens told me that they would confer with you today in regard to the best means to be adopted. Allow me very respectfully to urge the absolute necessity of immediately organizing a Hospl. at the Tremont House. I do not think it should be deferred one day. I feel very much like taking my bed this morning & am very anxious to have this matter attended to before I am taken down. Very Respy, Your Obt Svt, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
09/19/1864 - Died of yellow fever while serving as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX [buried: Oleander Cemetery (a.k.a., Old Potter's Field Cemetery), Galveston, Galveston Co., TX - Note: In 2000, a marker was erected in Oleander Cemetery to commemorate the final resting place of over 200 Confederate soldiers who died of yellow fever during the war in Galveston ]
01/17/1879 - Father, Charles, died in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
01/00/1886 - Mother, Elizabeth, died in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
02/27/1917 - Widow, Sophia, died at the home of a daughter, Navasota, Grimes Co., TX (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, TX)
Russell Fisher, a descendent of Dr. William Dunham Fisher, Jim Schmidt, and Andy Hall 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.
10/24/2017. Updated 11/05/2017.
Unpublished database.
Mother: Elizabeth Virginia Dunham (1810 - 1878)
08/27/1850 - Student, Covington, Tipton Co., TN (lived with his parents - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
1851 - M.D. degree, Medical Department of the University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA (from: TN; preceptor, Dr. Charles Glover Fisher)
01/19/1852 - Married, Sophia Cotton Flowers (1833 - 1917)
01/20/1852 - Birth of Mary Virginia Fisher (1852 - 1935)
06/21/1860 - Teacher, Tipton Co., TN (lived with wife, Sophia C., his mother-in-law, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as William D. Fisher)
04/21/1862 - Entered military service [?in what capacity]
12/09/1862 - Admitted to the Gen. Hospital, Houston, TX (diagnosis: Pleuritis)
12/11/1862 - Furloughed for 20 days
03/12/1863 - As an Acting Asst. Surgeon, applied for the position of Asst. Surgeon
07/21/1863 - Assigned as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry
10/31/1863 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Dept., Galveston, TX
11/03/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/28/1863
12/28/1863 - Confirmed as Surgeon from Texas by the Confederate States Senate
01/01/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to Orders No. __ I have the honor to report that we have no diet for the sick independent of the rations which are drawn from the Commissary __ __. I have no Mess Chest or Medicine Chest, no Litters. Our accommodations for the sick in Quarters are very Poor. The worst Cases we send to the General Hospital in the Suburbs of the City. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Tex Vol. Infty"
01/30/1864 - Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, TX
04/29/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, Chief of Staff, from Galveston, Texas, "In obedience to your order No. 44, the undersigned W. D. Fisher, Surgeon 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry would respectfully state that he desires to obtain a leave of absence for twenty days to visit his family residing near Courtney, Grimes County [Texas]. I have been in the service since the 21st of April, 1862, was appointed Surgeon of the Regt. on the 21st day of July, 1863, obtained a leave of absence for ten days about [the] 1st of September, but when my leave of had half expired, I returned
promptly to my post in obedience to an order issued by Maj. Genl. Magruder calling all absentees immediately to their commands. Was on detailed Service in October for the purpose of procuring Medicines for the use of the Regt. and absent five days at Houston since which time I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have been constantly at my Post on duty. I have never been reported absent on Sick furlough. Asst Surgeon Geo. M. Francis having been released from arrest & ordered to duty will take charge of the Regt. during my absence. I therefore respectfully ask that my application be granted. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, Your Obt. Svt. , W. D. Fisher, Surgeon, 20th Regt. Tex. Vol. Inftry."
07/30/1864 - Acting Chief Surgeon, 1st Sub District, Galveston, TX
09/14/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you that 'Yellow Fever is on the increase since my report to you of yesterday. I have had in my own Practice three more cases all presenting the same symptoms. Lieut Wm Prizody [?sp] died yesterday evening at 7 1/2 O clock of Black Vomit. I have been unofficially informed this morning by Surgeon Jos. Mayes [?sp] that there is in the Post Hospital a case of Yellow Fever with Black Vomit. I have conferred this morning with Messrs. Tucker, Waklee & Vansickle [local Galveston citizens] in regard to establishing a Yellow Fever Hospl in the Porch Portion of the Tremont House [a Galveston Hotel]. They have determined to form a "Howard Association" __ Citizens have offered to do all in their Power as regards nursing the sick & furnishing them with all possible necessities. It is necessary that several negroes should be detailed immediately to report to Messrs. Tucker, Vansickle, or Waklee for the purpose of putting the house in order. I have not see Dr. Douse [?sp] this morning in regard to a fatal case in his practice at 9 O clock this morning. All my cases are this morning doing well. I shall report to you from day to day the progress of the Epidemic as this disease has unquestionably assumed that form. Will you please have several negroes ordered to report immediately to either of the above mentioned Gentlemen. I have the honor to be very Respectfully, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
Note: Mr. S. Van Sickle was a clerk in the Confederate Engineers Dept, Galveston, TX, in 1863. Mr. Tucker was probably Phillip Crosby Tucker (1826-1894), an attorney in Galveston. Mr. Waklee has not been identified.
09/15/1864 - In a letter written to Brig. Gen. J.M. Hawes from Galveston, TX, "Genl, I have the honor to report to you this morning that Yellow Fever seems to be on the increase - other cases having occured [sic] since I saw you - we have no nurses or very few that understand this disease and yesterday Messrs. Tucker, Shackleford & other Citizens told me that they would confer with you today in regard to the best means to be adopted. Allow me very respectfully to urge the absolute necessity of immediately organizing a Hospl. at the Tremont House. I do not think it should be deferred one day. I feel very much like taking my bed this morning & am very anxious to have this matter attended to before I am taken down. Very Respy, Your Obt Svt, W. D. Fisher, Chief Surgeon"
09/19/1864 - Died of yellow fever while serving as Surgeon, 20th TX Infantry, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX [buried: Oleander Cemetery (a.k.a., Old Potter's Field Cemetery), Galveston, Galveston Co., TX - Note: In 2000, a marker was erected in Oleander Cemetery to commemorate the final resting place of over 200 Confederate soldiers who died of yellow fever during the war in Galveston ]
01/17/1879 - Father, Charles, died in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
01/00/1886 - Mother, Elizabeth, died in Covington, Tipton Co., TN (buried: Munford Cemetery, Covington, TN)
02/27/1917 - Widow, Sophia, died at the home of a daughter, Navasota, Grimes Co., TX (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, TX)
Russell Fisher, a descendent of Dr. William Dunham Fisher, Jim Schmidt, and Andy Hall 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.
10/24/2017. Updated 11/05/2017.
Unpublished database.
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