William Alexander Hammond Military person

William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician and neurologist. During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) and the founder of the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine).He was the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology, the author of the first American treatise about neurology, and one of the founders of the American Neurological Association.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 28, 1828
Birth place	Annapolis Maryland
Date of death	January 05, 1900
Place of death	Washington D.C.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery

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allegiance	United States of America Union
military operations	American Civil War American Indian Wars
military branch	Medical Corps (United States Army)
service start	1849
service end	1849