Father: Gen. Thomas Turner Fauntleroy
Mother: Ann Magill
1853-1857 - Attended, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
1857 - Graduated, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
1858-1859 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., VA
1860 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Des Signs de la Grossesse" [The signs of pregnancy])
06/23/1860 - Appointed, Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army
1861 - Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army, Fort Laramie
05/09/1861 - Resigned as Asst. Surgeon, U.S. Army
06/01/1861 - Arrived in Richmond, VA, and was commissioned Surgeon, by Virginia Governor John Letcher
06/27/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
06/27/1861 - Ordered to report to the Surgeon General
09/00/1861 - Serving as Surgeon, Confederate Army Medical Board, Army of the Potomac
10/00/1861 - Surgeon, Capt. Powell's, Co., 6th VA Cavalry, Centreville, VA
11/00/1861 - Surgeon, Capt. Powell's, Co., 6th VA Cavalry, Centreville, VA
11/09/1861 - Reclassified as Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 03/16/1861
12/01/1861 - Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 1, Lynchburg, VA
12/06/1861 - Relieved from duty at Gen. Hospital No. 1, Lynchburg, VA, [S.O. 65 M.D. & I.O.]
12/13/1861 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon by the Confederate States Senate
02/07/1862 - “Surgeon Bode [R. L. Brodie,] Provisional Army, is relieved from duty on the medical board of the Army of the Potomac, and Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy is detailed for duty as a member of said board in his stead.” [S.O. 31/23]
03/13/1862 - In a note Dr. Fauntleroy wrote from Culpeper C.H. [VA] to Medical Director T.H. Williams, Department of Northern Virginia, "Dear Doctor, By the General Comdg. I have been placed in charge of all the sick as they report at Culpeper Hospital for transportation by railroad. To prevent the accumulation of the sick & the abuse of the "sick certificate", I directed that the Division & Brigade Surgeons, should attend to the rigid examination of
all sick presenting themselves for removal to this receiving Hospital. I directed a division of all sick into three classes. 1st [??to subtract] all those who in travelling must recline. 2nd those who must go by cars yet could sit up. 3rd those who move with their regiments. It as had a good result, it has decreased the number & lessoned [sic] the flow through this reviously easy & [?efficient] outlet to the rear: I am very respectfully Your
obt servt. A M Fauntleroy"
03/00/1862 - President, Army Medical Board, Army of the Potomac, Gordonsville, VA
04/00/1862 - President, Army Medical Board, not now in session. Serving with troops of Gen. J. E. Johnston on the Virginia Peninsula
07/03/1862 - Mother, Ann Magill Fauntleroy, died
11/17/1862 - “Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy will report to Surgeon T. H. Williams, inspector of hospitals, &c., for assignment to duty.” [S.O. 269/23]
11/24/1862 - Reported for duty, Gen. Hospital No. 1, Lynchburg, VA [S.O. 55 M.D. & I.O]
12/06/1862 - Relieved from duty at Gen. Hospital No. 1, Lynchburg, VA, and assigned to Gen. Hospital No. 2, Danville, VA [S.O. 65 M.D. & I.O.]
12/18/1862 - Assigned as Surgeon to Gen. Hospital No. 2, Danville, VA
01/30/1863 - Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Danville, VA
04/29/1863 - Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Danville, VA
06/03/1863 - Surgeon, Danville, VA
06/25/1863 - “Leave of absence for twenty days is granted Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy, Provisional Army Confederate States.” [S.O. 151/16]
07/28/1863 - Reported return to duty as Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital No. 2, Danville, VA
08/27/1863 - “Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy is relieved from duty at Danville, Va., and will report to Major-General W. H. C. Whiting for assignment to duty as medical director, Department of North Carolina.” [S.O. 203/8]
08/00/1863 - Medical Director, Dept. of North Carolina
09/11/1863 - Announced as Medical Director of the Dept. of North Carolina relieving Surgeon Benjamin Franklin Fessenden of the same [S.O. 14 Dept. of N.C. Gen. Whiting]
09/30/1863 - "Paragraph VIII, Special Orders No. 203, current series,] is modified so as to leave Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy medical director of General W. H. C. Whiting's command." [S.O. 232-2]
10/12/1863 - Medical Director, Wilmington, NC
12/23/1863 - Surgeon & Medical Director, Dept. of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
02/03/1864 - Medical Director, Wilmington, NC, Dept. of Cape Fear
03/05/1864 - Surgeon, Wilmington, NC
04/20/1864 - Surgeon, District of Wilmington, NC (Dept. of Cape Fear)
06/00/1864 - Surgeon, District of Wilmington, NC (Dept. of Cape Fear)
07/08/1864 - Assigned to duty as Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
07/08/1864 - “Surgeon A. M. Fauntleroy is relieved from duty as medical director at Wilmington, N.C., and is assigned to duty as surgeon in charge of general hospital at Staunton, Va.” [S.O. 159/16]
07/22/1864 - Took charge of Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
08/07/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
10/15/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
11/07/1864 - As Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA, in his weekly report of sick and wounded states, "U.S. Army prisoners remaining 9"
11/26/1864 - In a letter to Surgeon. W. A. Carrington, Medical Director & Cf Surg "Sir, I am in possession of your letter of Novem 13 directing me to subdivide this hospital into two divisions; I do not regard the plan as feasible, and have the honor to submit the following objections; First it would be an unequal division, as the Va Hotel is situated in town & its capacity is only (200) two hundred. Secondly, it would necessarily increase the clerical force of the hospl. each Division Surgeon would have to have his clerk etc; it would increase the amount of material & men without promoting the interests of the same; Thirdly it would place between myself & the ward Surgeons an
office; and from my experience I am satisfied that a hospital of this size can be better managed when the officer in charge deals directly with the ward Surgeons; I see every day every ward demanding any especial attention, and although the plan proposed would relieve me of responsibility of property, and give me less to do, still I esteem it my [??position] of duty and privilege to meet these responsibilities; and indulge the idea that I have faithfully essayed to discharge my duties to the government. Very Respectfully Yr obt Svt A M Fauntleroy Surgeon in charge"
12/03/1864 - Surgeon-in-charge, Gen. Hospital, Staunton, VA
02/06/1865 - In a letter to Surgeon Wm. A. Carrington, Med Director, "Sir: I am in possession of your communication of February 1st inst calling my attention to circular No. 7 Par IIII M.D. O. [Medical Director's Office] . I have the honor to report that I have carried out the requirements. I have a separate ward for cases of Erysipelas, Gangrene, & Pyaemia & sloughing wounds, situated apart from the main building and most distant from the prevailing winds. The cases of cutaneous diseases are kept to themselves, especially scabies. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt A M Fauntleroy Surgeon-in-charge" [General Military Hospital, Staunton, VA]
04/09/1865 - Paroled by the U.S. Army, Appomattox C. H., VA
04/26/1866 - Married, Sallie Harrison Conrad, Winchester, Frederick Co., VA (she died in 1908)
1866 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
1870 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (living with wife, Sallie, and three children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Archd M Fauntleroy)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
~1876 - Superintendent, Western Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
1877 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
06/07/1880 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife and 7 children)
1882 - Removed from the position of Superintendent, Western Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, VA, "only on a account of political reasons. More competent men could not be found in the profession …" Virginia Medical Monthly
09/12/1883 - Father, Gen. Thomas Turner Fauntleroy, died
1886 - Practiced medicine, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
- President, Medical Society of Virginia
- Member, Virginia State Board of Health
- Physician to the Virginia Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Spring 1886 - Stepped down from 2nd tour of duty as Superintendent, Western Lunatic Asylum, Staunton, VA
06/19/1886 - Died suddenly from hemorrhage of the bowels, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA
Note: Dr. Fauntleroy's father was a Brigadier General, Provisional Army of Virginia. He offered his services to the Confederacy but was not accepted because of his age.
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/27/2015. Unpublished database (findagrave.com)