Hayes Lowe
Alabama staff office surgeon
Tue Apr 17 19:12:42 2001


Matthew A. Jolly was a native of Alabama (Greene County). I'll have to go back to my research records to get the whole story, but he became a "head surgeon" (can't remember the real title of the top of my head) for a Western Theatre Corps. If you're interested, I'll look it up. He is the reason that I was asking that question.

My 1st cousin, several times removed was a Director of Hospitals and I haven't been able to ascertain his rank. It would have to be higher than Surgeon or Surgeon in Charge. A Surgeon was a major, but that is all that I have been able to ascertain other than what you and Bryan have posted here. He resigned from Confederate service to become a Surgeon General of Mississippi.