title: The soldier dentist: Colonel John R. Lewis of the 5th Vermont.
abstract: The role of dentistry during the American Civil War has drawn scant attention from both dental and military historians. It is not the purpose of this paper to tell the complete story, but merely to draw attention to one individual, Colonel John R. Lewis, who in 1864 at the battle of the Wilderness, by his "gallant and meritorious services," was breveted a Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hyson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Whitehorne
mesh_terms: D003814:Dentistry, Operative; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008885:Military Dentistry; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare