[491] until he was surrendered with the army at Appomattox. He was present in the performance of his duty at the siege of Yorktown, the Seven Days battles on the Chickahominy, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Suffolk, Culpeper, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, Second Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek and Appomattox. Returning home by way of Wilmington he was there given charge as surgeon of the Confederate sick and wounded on a Federal transport bound for Charleston, and he reached home in that service. His career since the war has been one of great professional success and honorable fame, as well as continual usefulness to his community. He materially aided in the organization of the city health department, and in 1871 organized the system of hospitals which were in use until destroyed by the earthquake. He was for ten years physician-in-chief to the city and Roper hospitals, and for the same period was physician to the United States marine hospital. Being elected city physician-at-large in 1879 he rendered effective service and instituted the still existing system of mortuary returns. As a teacher of his profession he served several years as assistant professor and clinical lecturer of the South Carolina medical college, and is now professor of surgery in the medical college of the State of South Carolina. For two terms he has served as president of the South Carolina medical association, with one exception the oldest in the United States, and his honors are many in connection with other professional organizations. . Dr. Buist was married February 21, 1867, to Margaret S., daughter of A. S. Johnston, of Charleston.
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[491] until he was surrendered with the army at Appomattox. He was present in the performance of his duty at the siege of Yorktown, the Seven Days battles on the Chickahominy, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Suffolk, Culpeper, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, Second Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek and Appomattox. Returning home by way of Wilmington he was there given charge as surgeon of the Confederate sick and wounded on a Federal transport bound for Charleston, and he reached home in that service. His career since the war has been one of great professional success and honorable fame, as well as continual usefulness to his community. He materially aided in the organization of the city health department, and in 1871 organized the system of hospitals which were in use until destroyed by the earthquake. He was for ten years physician-in-chief to the city and Roper hospitals, and for the same period was physician to the United States marine hospital. Being elected city physician-at-large in 1879 he rendered effective service and instituted the still existing system of mortuary returns. As a teacher of his profession he served several years as assistant professor and clinical lecturer of the South Carolina medical college, and is now professor of surgery in the medical college of the State of South Carolina. For two terms he has served as president of the South Carolina medical association, with one exception the oldest in the United States, and his honors are many in connection with other professional organizations. . Dr. Buist was married February 21, 1867, to Margaret S., daughter of A. S. Johnston, of Charleston.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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