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Dr Harvey Black

Birth	:	27 Aug 1827 Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	19 Oct 1888 Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.7001534, -121.2904587
Description	:	Dr. Harvey Black was the son of Alexander Black and Elizabeth McDonald. His grandfather, John Black, was one of the founders of Blacksburg, Virginia. He married Mary Irby Kent, daughter of Germanicus Kent. At the beginning of the Civil War, in April 1861, Dr. Black enlisted in the 4th Virginia Regiment. He became the brigade surgeon and the surgeon in charge of the Field Hospital, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Harvey Black was one of four surgeons involved in the amputation of Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's arm after he had been wounded... Read More	Dr. Harvey Black was the son of Alexander Black and Elizabeth McDonald. His grandfather, John Black, was one of the founders of Blacksburg, Virginia. He married Mary Irby Kent, daughter of Germanicus Kent. At the beginning of the Civil War, in April 1861, Dr. Black enlisted in the 4th Virginia Regiment. He became the brigade surgeon and the surgeon in charge of the Field Hospital, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Harvey Black was one of four surgeons involved in the amputation of Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's arm after he had been wounded at Chancellorsville. After the Civil War Dr. Harvey Black helped found Virginia "Tech" Polytechnic Institute. Harvey Black (1827-1888) was a native of Blacksburg and a grandson of town founder John Black. (Harvey Black did not use the e in his given name, but as an adult he regularly signed his name as H. Black and he was almost always identified publicly as Harvey Black.) After attending local schools, he began studying medicine under two local doctors. In 1847, he volunteered to serve in the Mexican War in the 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteers; three months later, he was made a hospital steward. He entered medical school at the University of Virginia in 1848 and graduated in June 1849. That fall, he took a four-month journey, on horseback, from western Virginia through the upper Mid-West as far west as Iowa. He decided to settle in Blacksburg and opened a medical practice there in 1852. The same year, he married Mary Kent of Blacksburg. On August 2, 1861, Harvey Black was appointed regimental surgeon in the 4th Virginia, 1st Brigade, known as the Stonewall Brigade. John Apperson, who had enlisted with the Smyth Blues of Smyth County, Virginia, in April 1861, was appointed hospital steward under the command of Harvey Black in March 1862. Black and Apperson served together with the 4th regiment until late 1862. They provided medical care to the wounded at first Manassas, second Manassas, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In late 1862, Black was appointed surgeon of the field hospital of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and brought Apperson with him. Both served in this hospital until the end of the war, taking care of recuperating soldiers who were wounded of the Second Corps' major engagements, including the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 and the Spotsylvania Campaign in 1864. Black assisted Hunter Holmes McGuire with the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm on May 3, 1863. After the Civil War, Harvey Black resumed his medical practice in Blacksburg. He was elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia in 1872. He played an instrumental role in the founding of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg in 1872. He was the first rector of the Board of Visitors. From 1786 to 1882, Harvey Black was Superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg. In 1884, he was appointed to the board of a proposed state mental hospital for southwestern Virginia. In 1885, he was elected to represent Montgomery County in the House of Delegates and served two sessions. In the House, he influenced the decision to locate the new hospital in Marion. In 1887, Black became the first superintendent of the new Southwestern State Lunatic Asylum in Marion. He appointed John S. Apperson assistant physician there. Harvey Black died in Richmond in October 1888 and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Blacksburg.

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Where is Dr Harvey Black's memorial?
Dr Harvey Black's memorial is located at: Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, USA.
When did Dr Harvey Black death?
Dr Harvey Black death on 19 Oct 1888 in Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Dr Harvey Black's memorial?
Latitude: 38.7001534
Longitude: -121.2904587

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Irby Kent Black

(1835 - 1911)

Siblings

Children

Dr Kent Black

(1853 - 1909)

Elizabeth Arabella “Lizzie” Black Apperson

(1855 - 1942)

Alexander Black

(1857 - 1935)

Charles White Black

(1859 - 1925)

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