Surgeon Frank L. Taney of the 10th Louisiana Infantry was ordered to stay behind at Gettysburg to tend to the wounded of Ed Johnson's division. There he worked closely with Surgeon William Riddick Whitehead of the 44th Virginia, who was left in charge of the division wounded who were too bad off to take back to Virginia. The two doctors shared a small room in a farmhouse (probably that of W. Henry Montford), northwest of the town. They had met before the war while attending the School of Medicine in Paris, France. In his reminiscences, Whitehead wrote a brief description of Dr. Taney, whom he referred to as Dr. Tanny - perhaps a phonetic rendition of his name: "he [Taney] was from New Orleans, was an accomplished young fellow; also a good surgeon. Besides he was cosmopolitan in his tastes and habits; although an American, he was thoroughly French in his habits and associations." Taney was also fluent in French. The doctors were taken prisoner, probably on July 4 (1863), once the Confederate army vacated the ground east of town in preparation for their retreat. However, the captive Confederate physicians were allowed to remain for a period of time at Gettysburg, helping the overworked Federal surgeons care for the immense numbers of wounded on both sides. (Most of the Federal surgeons were ordered to leave Gettysburg with their army in pursuit of General Lee.) Eventually the captive Confederate surgeons, together with some southern clergymen who were also left behind to assist, were forwarded to the prison camp established at the famous Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor; Dr. Taney was exchanged with the rest of this group in late 1863. After the war, Dr. Taney returned to New Orleans, where he remained a respected surgeon until his death in circa 1885.