Father: Dr. John Bellinger
Mother: Mary Geraldine Northrop
1850 - Lived with his parents, Parishes of St. Philips and St. Michael, District of Charleston, SC
1855-1857 - Student, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1859-1860- Student, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
1860 - M.D. degree, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Charleston, SC; preceptor: Dr. J. Bellinger)
1860 - Practiced medicine with his father, Dr. John Bellinger, Ward 4, Charleston, District of Charleston, SC
00/00/1861 - Married, Maria Louisa Whaley
07/18/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/25/1862
08/19/1862 - "Leave of absence for twenty-one days for the benefit of his health is granted Assistant Surgeon A. N. Bellinger, Provisional Army Confederate States." [S.O. 193/12]
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
10/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, near Fredericksburg, VA
12/00/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, Fredericksburg, VA
12/11/1862 - Captured by U. S. Army, Battle of Fredericksburg, VA [probably left behind to care for wounded Confederate soldiers]
- Prisoner, Fort Monroe, VA
- Transferred as prisoner from Fort Monroe, VA, to City Point, VA
- Exchanged
01/00/1863 - Patient, Institute Hospital [a.k.a., Gen. Hospital #4], Richmond, VA
01/13/1863 - Patient, Hospital #4, Richmond, VA (cause: sciatica)
02/00/1863 - On sick furlough
05/01/1863 - Patient, Hospital #4, Richmond, VA (cause: sciatica)
05/01/1863 - Transferred to Columbia, SC
06/08/1863 - Patient, Hospital, Charleston, SC
09/02/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th MS Infantry, on leave of absence granted by an Army Medical Board
09/10/1863 - Ordered to report to Surgeon C. D. Rice, Surgeon-in-charge, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
11/07/1863 - Relieved from duty at Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA, and ordered to report to Surgeon Wilkins for duty as Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #21 (Confederate States Military Prison Hospital), Richmond, VA
12/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #21, Richmond, VA
01/28/1864 - Relieved from duty at Gen. Hospital #21, Richmond, VA, and ordered to report to Surgeon O. F. Manson, Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital #24 for assignment to duty
01/29/1864 - Reported for duty as Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #24, Richmond, VA
02/13/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #24, Richmond, VA
02/15/1864 - Relieved from duty at Gen. Hospital #24 and ordered to report to Surgeon [George W. M.] Semple, Surgeon-in-Charge, Prisoners in Barracks
02/17/1864 - In a letter to Surgeon William A. Carrington, Medical Director, "Sir: I have the honour to inform you that I reported at Belle Isle [Prison Hospital, Richmond, Virginia] this morning. Dr. [George W. M.] Semple not being present I gave my order to Dr. [David S.] Watson. Your order by which I was relieved from duty at Gen. Hosp. No. 24, was not received until yesterday a so late an hour that I could not report until this morning. Very Respectfully, Your Obdt. Sert., A. N. Bellinger, Asst. Surg., Richmond, Va."
02/17/1864 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA
02/19/1864 - Ordered to report to the Medical Director's Office, Richmond, VA, on being relieved by Asst. Surgeon James Leffers
02/23/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon [Francis Woodson] Hancock, Surgeon-in-charge, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA
03/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 3rd Division, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA
03/05/1864 - Relieved from duty at Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA, and ordered to report to Medical Director [Nathaniel Savage] Crowell, Charleston, SC, for hospital duty at Savannah, GA [S.O. 54/29]
03/16/1864 - Assigned, Gen. Hospital #2, Savannah, GA [S.O. 74/2 Dept. of S.C., Ga., & Fla. - Beauregard]
03/18/1864 - Reported for duty as Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #2, Savannah, GA
04/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital #2, Savannah, GA
05/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Savannah, GA
05/20/1864 - Relieved from duty at Savannah, GA
05/27/1864 - Ordered to report to Surgeon T. M. Palmer, Surgeon-in-charge, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA [S.O. 109 Med. Directors Office]
05/28/1864 - Reported for duty as Asst. Surgeon, 1st Division, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
07/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Howard's Grove Hospital, 1st Division, Richmond, VA
09/08/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
10/00/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA
10/08/1864 - Relieved from duty but order not received until 11/13/1864
1870 - Practiced medicine, Ward 4, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
1874,1880 - Practiced medicine, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
1885 - Jail physician, Charleston, SC
10/02/1885 - Shot and killed Mr. Stephney Riley, a black livery owner, in Charleston, SC, claiming self defense
10/04/1885 - "Four thousand" negroes gathered in front of the Centenary Church, Charleston, SC, for Mr. Stephney Riley's funeral
11/10/1885 - Start of trial of Dr. Bellinger for the murder of Mr. Stephney Riley
11/13/1885 - Jury could not agree on a verdict and a mistrial was declared (11 whites for acquittal, one black for conviction of manslaughter)
07/01/1886 - At the end of a second trial, an all-white jury found Dr. Bellinger not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Mr. Stephney Riley
1886,1890,1893,1896 - Practiced medicine, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
1898-1907 - Practiced medicine, 83 Wentworth, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
10/03/1909 - Died, Charleston, SC (buried: St. Patrick's Catholic Church Cemetery, Charleston, SC; cause: arteriosclerosis)

Note: Death certificate gives a date of birth of 11/17/1837 while the gravestone has 11/06/1837.

Bob Krick and John Schneider 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.
12/24/2013. Updated 04/17/2017.
Unpublished database.