Edward Warren
Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
Edward Warren. Born in Tyrrell County, 1828, Surgeon General of N.C., 1862-65, Professor of Surgery in Maryland, Chief Surgeon of Egypt, Died in Paris.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
Born in Tyrrell County in 1828, Edward Warren rose to become Surgeon General of North Carolina during the Civil War, directing the state's overwhelmed military medical care from 1862 to 1865. His restless career carried him far beyond the South — a professorship of surgery in Maryland, service as chief surgeon to the ruler of Egypt, and a final chapter in Paris, where he died.
Why it matters
Warren's improbable path from an eastern Carolina county to the medical courts of Egypt reflects how the upheaval of the Civil War scattered talented Southerners across the world.
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