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Dr Henry Collins Flagg

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Dr Henry Collins Flagg Veteran

Birth
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
1 Apr 1801 (aged 58)
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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He was a noted physician of Charleston, SC and was Surgeon General of the Army in the South during the Revolutionary War. He is said to have amputated the leg of Count Pulaski and practiced several years in South America before settling in Charleston. He was an original member of the "Society of the Cincinnati."
He was a noted physician of Charleston, SC and was Surgeon General of the Army in the South during the Revolutionary War. He is said to have amputated the leg of Count Pulaski and practiced several years in South America before settling in Charleston. He was an original member of the "Society of the Cincinnati."


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