Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
...General of the United States Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a medical cadet in August 1862 during the Civil War. Notable accomplishments include a position as the physician at the White House during both of President
The Battle of Antietam: a Philadelphia soldier’s experience
...the Battle of Seven Pines, which took place in Virginia on May 31 and June 1, 1862]. it was four miles long and the dead lie all along in lines in one place there was a regular line of battle for about one hundred yards they lay in twos where
John W. Keogh papers, 1906-1960 (MC 50)
...movement. He served as president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American. He also served as president and was instrumental in the founding of the Priests’ Total Abstinence League of America. The collection is mostly comprised of correspondence, both personal and professional, that mainly documents his work as chaplain