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Civil War
Biography
Dr. William A. Hammond
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William A. Hammond
TITLE
11th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
WAR
&
AFFILIATION
Civil War
/
Union
DATE OF BIRTH - DEATH
August 28, 1828 - January 5, 1900
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