Excerpt from Memorial of Edward B. Dalton, M.D It appeared accordingly in the New York 7oumal of Medicine for May, 1860.then recently chartered by the Union Defence Committee of New York, and afterward by the Navy Department of the United States, to cruise as a blockading gunboat off the capes of Virginia and the mouth of Chesapeake bay. Dr. Dalton was temporarily appointed to this post. He re ported for duty on board the Quaker City in May, and served with the vessel as medical officer for four months, at the end of which time her charter expired and she was permanently attached to the Navy, having been purchased by the Government of the United States. Dr. Dalton then returned to New York, awaiting further orders. On the first of November he was commissioned by the State of New York as Surgeon to the 36th Regiment of New York Volunteers, then in the service of the United States at Camp Brightwood, near Washington, and at once joined his regiment, under orders from Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.