Dr. Reed Bontecou

From: Military Images | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

On May 14, 1861 Dr. Reed B. Bontecou, a practicing physician, mustered into service with the 2nd New York Infantry, organized at Troy, and known as the Troy Regiment. The regiment left the state for Fortress Monroe, Virginia, May 18 and occupied Newport News on May 29.

In September 1861 Bontecou accepted an appointment of surgeon of U.S. Volunteers and was placed in charge of the Hygeia General Hospital at Fortress Monroe. To quarantine patients, Bontecou established a small pox hospital on the beach a mile north of the main hospital at the fort.

Bontecou was obliged to inspect the small ...

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