Samuel Abbott Green
| Samuel Abbott Green | |
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| 28th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
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In office 1882–1882 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick O. Prince |
| Succeeded by | Albert Palmer |
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| Born | March 16, 1830 Groton, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 5, 1919 |
Samuel Abbott Green (March 16, 1830 – December 5, 1919) was an American physician-turned-politician from Massachusetts who served as a medical officer during the American Civil War and as mayor of Boston in 1882.
Green was born in Groton, Massachusetts, to Joshua Green and Eliza Lawrence. His grandfather, Samuel Lawrence was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, and his uncles Amos and Abbott Lawrence were prominent merchants, philanthropists, and politicians. Green graduated from the Lawrence Academy at Groton in 1847, and Harvard in 1851. Three years after his graduation, he received his medical degree, after which he spent several years in Europe. On his return to the United States, he began a medical practice in Boston, and became one of the district physicians for the city dispensary. On May 19, 1858, he was appointed by Governor Banks surgeon of the 3rd Massachusetts Militia Regiment.
At the beginning of the Civil War, Green was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, and was the first medical officer mustered in for three years' service. He was promoted surgeon of the 24th Massachusetts Regiment on September 2, 1861, where he remained until November 2, 1864, serving on the staffs of various cavalry officers. He had charge of the hospital ship “Recruit” for General Burnside's expedition to Roanoke Island. He commanded the hospital ship “Cosmopolitan” on the coast of South Carolina.
During the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, he was chief medical officer on Morris Island. In October 1863, he was sent to Florida, and was post surgeon at St. Augustine and Jacksonville; thence he was sent to Virginia, and was with the army when Bermuda Hundred was taken. He was appointed acting staff surgeon, and was stationed three months at Richmond after its fall. For gallant and distinguished services in the field, in 1864 he was brevetted lieutenant colonel of volunteers. Green organized Roanoke Cemetery in 1862, which was one of the first regular burial places for Union Army soldiers.
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