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The Military Recordsof

N B Kennedy, MDAssistant Surgeon

27th Alabama Infantry RegimentProvisional Army of the

Confederate States

Presented byRuth Anne Stephens

Derived fromNational Archived and Records

Administration File M818 Roll 13June 2008

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A Confederate Soldier's Prayer

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.

I asked for health, that I might do greater things.I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.

I asked for riches, that I might be happy.I was given poverty, that I might be wise.

I asked for power that I might have the praise of men.I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing that I asked for but got everything I hadhoped for.

Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.I am, among all people, most richly blessed.

Courtesy of C.F. Wattershttp://www.wscribe.com/parables/csa.html

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Tables Of Contents1. The Provisional Army of the Confederate States2. The 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment3. A Biography of Nathan Blunt Kennedy, MD4. Oct '62- Contract With A Private Physician5. Nov '62- This Contract is Closed6. Dec '62- Services of Physician7. Jan '63- Pay Voucher8. Feb '63- Recom'd for Asst Surgeon9. Apr '63- Requisition for Medical and Hospital Supplies10. May '63- “ If we should get into a fight...”11. Jul '63- Requisition for Forage for a Private Horse12. Aug/Sep '63- In the Service of N B Kennedy, AsstSurgeon13. Nov '63- Pay Vouchers14. Dec '63- 30 Days Leave of Absence15. Jan '64- The Hospital at Macon, Miss Having BeenClosed16. Jun '64- Requisition for Forage for Public and PrivateHorses, Mules and Oxen in the Service of Asst Surgeon N BKennedy17. Aug '64- Pay Voucher18. Feb '65- Register Of Appointments, Confederate StatesArmy19. May '65- Parole of Honor

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Provisional Army of theConfederate States

The Provisional Army of the ConfederateStates (PACS) was authorized by Act of

Congress on February23, 1862, and beganorganizing on April 27. Virtually all

regular, volunteer, and conscripted menpreferred to enter this organization sinceofficers could achieve a higher rank in theProvisional Army than they could in the

Regular Army. If the war had endedsuccessfully for them, the Confederates

intended that the PACS would bedisbanded, leaving only the ACSA.

“Confederate States Army”, Wikipedia, online <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army, PACS data downloaded 30 Jun 2008

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27th Alabama Infantry Regiment

The 27th Infantry Regiment was organized in December, 1861, at Fort Heimen, Tennessee. Its companies were recruited in Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Mobile, Madison, and Morgan counties. The unit was sent to Fort Henry then Fort Donelson where it was captured on February 16, 1862. However, a number of men were sick in the hospital and escaped the surrender. These men were organized into two companies, joined a Mississippi regiment, and at the Battle of Perryville lost 8 killed and 25 wounded. The main body of the regiment was exchanged, reunited with the other two companies at Port Hudson, and assigned to Beall's and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.

The 27th was engaged at Champion's Hill and Big Black River Bridge, served in the trenches at Jackson, and later moved with the army across the Pearl River. During the spring of 1864, it joined with the Army of Tennessee and, attached to General Scott's and Shelley's Brigade, participated in many conflicts from Rescala to Bentonville. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865.

“27th Regiment, Alabama Infantry ”, National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm>, 27th Alabama data downloaded

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A Biography of Nathan Blunt Kennedy, MD

Nathan Blunt Kennedy was born on December 24, 1836 in Sumter County, Alabama, the sixth of seven children born to wealthy planter and slave owner John Kennedy and his wife Harriett Isler.

In 1860 Nathan B Kennedy graduated from the Universities of Virginia and Mississippi with a degree in medicine, and later studied with brothers and fellow physicians John and Sidney at the latter's clinic at Lauderdale Station, Mississippi. Dr Kennedy married Miss Susan William Lee Martin on July 27, 1862. While at Lauderdale Springs he was contracted as a civilian physician to the Confederate Hospital in October 1862, and in early 1863 joined the war effort as an Assistant Surgeon with the 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment and served in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.

At the close of the Civil War, Dr Kennedy, his wife Susan and their children Christine and Chester moved to Ponchatoula, Louisiana, near New Orleans, where their third child Hattie Lee was born, and then in 1871 settled in Hillsboro, Texas.

In Hillsboro, Dr Kennedy had a busy practice, yet he found time to be active in local affairs. He is credited with being a founding member of the Hill County Medical and Surgical Association, and was also a member of the Texas State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. N B Kennedy wrote extensively, and

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was published in numerous medical texts of the day.A fourth child, Robert Lee was born in the summer of 1877, but

died in early 1878. As a concerned resident of Hill County, Dr Kennedy was

interested in education and roads & transportation, and was also a member of the the local Confederate Veterans group.

Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy died early on the morning of August 10, 1897, apparently of heart disease, and is buried in the family plot at Ridge Park Cemetery in Hillsboro, Texas.

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October 1862Contract With a Private Physician

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November 1862This Contract is Closed

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December 1862Services of a Physician

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January 1863Pay Voucher

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February 1863Recom'd as Asst Surgeon

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April 1863Requisition for

Medical and Hospital Supplies

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May 1863“If we should get into a fight...”

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July 1863Requisition for Forage

for Private Horse

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August/September 1863In the Service of NB Kennedy,

Asst Surgeon

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November 1863Pay Vouchers

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December 186330 Days Leave of Absence

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January 1864The Hospital at Macon, Miss

Having Been Closed

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June 1864Requisition for Forage for Public and

Private Horses, Mules and Oxen in the Service of Asst Surgeon N B Kennedy

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August 1864Pay Voucher

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February 1865Register of Appointments,Confederate States Army

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May 1865Parole of Honor

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