John Howard Taylor

In 1860 he was a doctor at Kennett Square, Chester County, PA. He was commissioned Surgeon of the 22nd Pennsylvania Infantry on 23 April 1861 and mustered out on 7 August 1861. He was then appointed Surgeon, US Volunteers on 2 October 1861.

He was Medical Director of the First Division, Second Army Corps on the Maryland Campaign of 1862 ad treated wounded soldiers at and after the battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was Medical Director of the 2nd Corps at Fredericksburg, VA in December 1862. In March 1865 he was honored by brevet to Lieutenant Colonel, USV on 22 August 1865 for his war service and mustered out on 25 August 1865.

He was Medical Inspector for the Philadelphia, PA Board of Health by 1878 and to at least 1892, and was known as a nerve specialist when he died at age 80 at his home in Philadelphia in 1905.

His service dates from Heitman.1. His roles in Maryland and at Fredericksburg from Duncan.2 Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, and his obituary in the New York Times of 25 October 1905; the last 2 as J. Howard Taylor. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source also of his picture from a photograph shared by Scott Hann, from his collection.

He married a physician's daughter Elizabeth S Gillingham (1829-) in about 1851.

He was brother of the well known poet Bayard Taylor (1825-1878). Their youngest sibling, Charles Frederick Taylor (b. 1840) was killed at Gettysburg, PA while serving as a Captain in the "Bucktails" - the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (1st Rifles).

12/20/1826

10/24/1905; Philadelphia, PA; burial in Longwood Cemetery, Kennett Square, PA