Through the Ranks: John Henry Aulick and Bailey Washington on USS Enterprise

I found two other officers on the USS Enterprise.

JOHN HENRY AULICK

Midshipman:  15 November 1809

Lieutenant:  9 December 1814

Master Commandant:  3 March 1831

Captain:  8 September 1841

Commodore:  4 April 1867

Retire List:  4 April 1867

Died:  27 April 1873

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BAILEY WASHINGTON

Surgeon:  24 July 1813

Died 4 August  1854

--Brock-Perry

Dr. John Todd-- Part 3: From Kentucky to Springfield, Illinois

From The People Lincoln Knew site.

Mary Todd Lincoln's uncle and de facto patriarch of the Springfield, Illinois, Todds.  Robert Smith Todd, Mary's father, never moved to Springfield.

He was born in Lexington Kentucky in 1787 and received an excellent education, graduating from Transylvania College in Lexington and the Medical University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  he served in the War of 1812 as surgeon general of Kentucky troops  before returning to his Lexington, Ky., practice.

In 1813, he married Elizabeth Smith, age 20, .

In 1827, John Quincy Adams appointed him Register of the General Land Office in Springfield, Illinois.  He held that position until 1829, when he was removed for political reasons following the election of Andrew Jackson to president.  John Todd then practiced medicine in Springfield until his death at age 77 in 1865.

--Brock-Perry

Dr. John Todd-- Part 2: At The River Raisin

Brother of Robert Smith Todd (Mary Todd Lincoln's father, so he world be her uncle.)

From the River Raisin.org site.

Under Selected American Leaders page.

Dr. John Todd, born near Lexington, Kentucky, in 1787.  Was  surgeon of the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment in 1812.  Stayed behind to take care of the wounded after the Battle of the River Raisin.

At the British hospital at Stony Creek  on January 23, 1813, he urged the British to return to French Town to rescue  the wounded who were being killed by the Indians, but to no avail.

After the war, Todd practiced medicine in Lexington, then moved to Illinois.  His niece, Mary Todd would become the wife of Abraham Lincoln.

--Brock-Perry

Stephen Champlin's Post War Service-- Part 2: Five Operations for His Wound

His wife, Minerva Lydia Pomeroy was born June 28, 1798 and died June 8, 1859.  They had eight children.  Of interest, the first one born in 1818 was named Oliver Hazard Perry Champlin.  I have found nothing about him following his father's footsteps into the U.S. Navy.

In the spring of 1818, Stephen Chaplin was compelled to undergo further surgery on his leg to remove bone fragments.  He was then detached from the naval station at Erie and allowed because of his health to return to Connecticut. until November 1828.

In November 1828 he was put briefly in command of the steamer USS Fulton at New York, and served as her captain until December 30th at which time  it was decided that his leg made him unfit for such duties (as he had undergone  three more operations).  He returned to Connecticut, remaining there until  1834 when he returned to  Buffalo.

Considering where surgery stood in this period of time, he was risking his life each time and in great pain.

--Brock-Perry

James McHenry-- Part 1: Physician From Ireland

From Wikipedia.

James McHenry (1753-1816)

In the last post, I mentioned that Fort McHenry was named after this man.

Born in Ireland.   American military surgeon and statesman.  Was the third U.S. Secretary of War, serving under George Washington and John Adams.

In 1771, his family sent him to the North American colonies for his health and to see if moving there would be a good idea.  He apprenticed under Benjamin Rush to be a physician.  Practiced medicine and became a surgeon.

During the American Revolution he served as a physician.  On August 10, 1776, he was appointed surgeon of the Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion and stationed at Fort Washington, New York.  He was taken prisoner when the fort was captured by Sir William Howe.

While prisoner, he observed the poor medical conditions the prisoners had, but nothing came of it.

--Brock-Perry

Ichabod Crane's Son, Charles Henry Crane Was in the Civil War and Was Attending Doctor at Lincoln's Death

One of Ichabod's Crane's sons, Charles Henry Crane (1826-1883) was in the Civil War.

A graduate of Yale University as a doctor and was an assistant surgeon in the Mexican War and chief medical officer in several military departments during the Civil War and also medical inspectors of prisoners of war.

He was one of the attending surgeons of President Lincoln after his assassination.

Breveted to brigadier general after the war and in July 1882, became Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.

Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.\\--Brock-Perry

Benjamin Waterhouse

From Wikipedia.

Benjamin Waterhouse (March 4, 1754 to October 2, 1846)  Physician and Co-founder of Harvard Medical School.

I am writing about him here because of his name being on the book I have been using for the British prisoner entries.  These were not his experiences, however.

Waterhouse is also known as the first American doctor to test the smallpox vaccine, which he did on his own family.

During the War of 1812, he served in the U.S. Army, before the military designation of physician carried a rank.  He held the position of "Hospital Surgeon."  In 1818, he was promoted to the rank of "Post Surgeon" and was honorably discharged in 1821.

--Brock-Perry