october november american physician american revolutionary war served surgeon physician continental_army general george_washington subordinate commanders respected day remembered colleague particularly distinguished practical surgeon time death rival branch profession early life born colonial province new_jersey sibling younger brother richard father named emigrated colonies ireland ordained presbyterian minister minister note founders trustees princeton_university reverend opposed british governance loud voice opposition overthrow british government new_jersey according reverend received severe cut head melee mortally wounded general battle princeton church burned reverend arrested custody aboard british prison ship new_york_city health rapidly failed released shortly death january younger attended schools new_jersey graduated class founders madison maryland studied medicine surgery privately eminent philadelphia surgeon left completed studies entered continental_army continental_army surgeon late director general assigned building hospitals army cambridge massachusetts remained division supported washington army period great medical surgical supplies sick wounded went physicians new_york washington army began october continental_army lost battle british took pushed washington ragged army south new_jersey december set stage remained director general ordered son set new hospital near new_york sick soldiers general division unable find acceptable site hospital took accommodations new_york miles north washington sent morgan told hospital morgan dismissed director general soon january washington supplies rampant smallpox epidemic raging way army morgan management style including morgan wrestling mentor control hospitals new_jersey took temporary supervision hospitals east hudson_river morgan dismissal washington request served later surgeon april appointed surgeon general called senior surgeon subordinate position director general confused surgeon general united_states_army moved army new_york new_jersey campaign served senior surgeon years december new_jersey washington near worst winter revolutionary war army reorganized promoted chief hospital physician highest medical position served left army january according records original members cincinnati later years death war ended settled new_york_city married daughter general opened private practice physicians use carriage visit patients published article surgical removal pregnancy piece cited later inquiries november appointed professor anatomy surgery father law founded appointed port physician new_york maintained steady surgical practice held death pneumonia result old war injury november age interred corner wall street broadway gates historic wife mary father left daughters son physician
Charles McKnight