Hunter Holmes McGuire was an American soldier, physician, teacher, and orator.
19 Facts About Hunter McGuire
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Hunter McGuire started several schools and hospitals which later became part of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
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Hunter McGuire's statue sits prominently on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol.
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Hunter Holmes McGuire was both born and died in the family house at Braddock and Amherst Streets in Winchester, Virginia, built by his grandfather.
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Hunter McGuire's father, Dr Hugh Holmes McGuire, was a prominent surgeon, and a pioneer in eye surgery.
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Hunter McGuire often accompanied his father, and studied medicine at the Winchester Medical College founded and run by his father, from which he graduated in 1855.
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Hunter McGuire's continuing medical education in Philadelphia at Jefferson Medical College was interrupted by the onset of the hostilities which led to the American Civil War.
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Hunter McGuire taught briefly at Tulane University in New Orleans before joining the Confederate Army in 1861.
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Dr Hunter McGuire joined "The Winchester Rifles," Company F of the 2nd Virginia Infantry as a private in the Confederate Army.
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Dr McGuire treated General Jackson after the First Battle of Manassas, where the General picked up the nickname "Stonewall Jackson" following an exclamation by General Barnard E Bee Jr.
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In 1862, Hunter McGuire was promoted to the chief surgeon of Jackson's Corps, serving in the Army of Northern Virginia under its Medical Director, Dr Lafayette Guild.
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The severity of the wounds required Dr Hunter McGuire to amputate Jackson's left arm.
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Hunter McGuire was captured at the Battle of Waynesboro in March 1865, but was released and rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Hunter McGuire was present at the surrender at Appomattox Court House.
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Hunter McGuire wished to see medical personnel treated as non-combatants, so he convinced Jackson to set a precedent by releasing the captured surgeons.
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Hunter McGuire's father, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, was a US Congressman and Secretary of the Interior before the Civil War.
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Hunter McGuire wrote the introduction of the 1901 book The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin before the War, written by James Battle Avirett.
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Hunter McGuire's name has been consequently slated for removal from the medical school he founded.
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Hunter McGuire lived at 5th and Grace St in downtown Richmond, had a summer residence in Bon Air, Virginia, and a house in Henrico County.