09/04/1829 (or 08/04/1829) - Born, Hunters Fare, Powhatan Co., VA [Father: Peter Jefferson Archer (1798-1871); Mother: Martha Woodson Michaux (1801-1847)]
01/22/1847 - Mother, Martha, died in Hunters Fare, Powhatan, VA
08/12/1850 - Cadet, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA (lived with other cadets; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as E. C. Archer) [Note: He attended VMI for 1 year and two months.]
1852 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Powhatan Co., VA)
1853-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Jefferson, Powhatan Co., VA; thesis: "Scarlatina")
06/13/1855 - Married, Caroline Melissa "Carrie" Woolridge (1835-1926), Richmond, VA
1855 - Practiced medicine, Huguenot Springs, Powhatan Co. VA
06/18/1860 - Practiced medicine, Powhatan Co., VA (lived with wife, Carrie, and two children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Edward Archer)
08/08/1862 - As Private, Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., VA Light Artillery, enlisted in the Confederate
Army, Powhattan, VA
10/31/1862 - Private, Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., VA Light Artillery
11/01/1862 - Detailed as a Hospital Steward with the 1st VA Artillery
11/01/1862-03/31/1863 - On detail as Hospital Steward, 1st VA Artillery
04/30/1863 - On detail as Hospital Steward, 1st VA Artillery
07/04/1863 - As Hospital Steward (on detail) captured by the U. S. Army, Gettysburg, VA
07/07/1863 - Prisoner of War, Fort Delaware, DE
07/09/1863 - Paroled at Fort McHenry, MD, and sent to Fort Delaware, DE
08/31/1863 - Prisoner of War as Pvt., Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., 1st VA Artillery
10/15/1863 - Prisoner of War, Fort Delaware, DE
10/18/1863 - As Prisoner of War, transferred to Hammond Gen. Hospital, Point Lookout, MD
10/31/1863 - Prisoner of War as Pvt., Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., 1st VA Artillery [Note: Capt. Dance's Co., Virginia Artillery, was also called Powhatan Artillery]
12/31/1863 - Prisoner of War as Pvt., Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., 1st VA Artillery
12/31/1863- Absent from Capt. Willis J. Dance's Co., 1st VA Artillery, on parole
03/17/1864 - Paroled for exchange at Hammond General Hospital, Point Lookout, MD, by the U.S. Army and transferred to Maj. J. E. Mulford, Asst. Agent of exchange
05/28/1864 - Admitted as a patient, Chimborazo Hospital No. 5, Richmond, VA [Diagnosis: Hypertrophy of the heart]
06/01/1864 - Patient, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA [Diagnosis: Valvular disease of the heart]
06/30/1864 - Absent, on parole
08/13/1864 - Detailed as a nurse to Chimborazo Hospital No.2, Richmond, VA
11/01/1864 - Nurse, Chimborazo Hospital No.2, Richmond, VA
12/31/1864 - On detail, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
01/04/1865 - As Pvt., Dabney's Battery [VA] received from Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
01/25/1865 - Nurse, Chimborazo Hospital No. 2, Richmond, VA
01/06/1865 - Leave of absence approved
03/31/1865 - As Pvt., Capt. Dance's Battery [VA], on detail, Chimborazo Hospital No.2, Richmond, VA
04/20/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, paroled by the U. S. Army at Richmond, VA
03/19/1869 - Supported the goals of the Congress of the United States for reconstruction of the southern states, but did not support the candidates that were selected by the Republican Party at their convention which was held in Petersburg, Virginia, on March 9th, 1869 [Richmond Whig, Richmond, VA, March 19, 1869]
09/10/1870 - Practiced medicine, First Revenue Division, Chesterfield Co., VA (lived with wife, Caroline, and five children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Edward C. Archer)
05/04/1871 - Father, Peter, died in Spencer, Powhatan Co., VA
07/19/1873 - Secretary, Conservatives of Midlothian, Midlothian, VA
06/03/1880 - Practiced medicine, Huguenot, Powhatan Co., VA (lived with wife, Caroline, two daughters, and two sons; indexed in the 1880 U. S Census as Edward C. Archer)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Vinitaville, Goochland Co., VA
12/05/1891 - Died in Powhatan Co., near Huguenot Springs, VA, of heart disease (buried: Manakin Cemetery, Powhatan Co., VA; FindAGrave #75224465)
05/07/1900 - Widow, Carrie, filed application #4598 for a Confederate widow's pension in Virginia
05/18/1906 - Widow, Carrie, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Emanuel [Mary Bolling Archer], Alcolu, Clarendon Co., SC (buried: Manakin Cemetery, Powhatan Co., VA; FindAGrave #75223587) [Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, VA, May 18th, 1906.]

Bob Krick, Michael Angelo, and Tricia McAlister, the creator of this memorial, 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.
01/17/2022. Unpublished database.