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Biography  Dr. John Jacob Gaenslen was an only child born 1825 in New York City to a German immigrant father, Samuel Gaenslen from Württemberg Germany and Christina Lucretia Fulmer born in NY. The family moved from New York to Winchester, VA sometime before 1850 and Samuel soon opened a store as a confectioner and baker, Gaenslen & Co. 		 Early Life and Education He first studied medicine with Dr. Hugh McGuire[6]</a>, of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_VA">Winchester</a>, at Winchester Medical College (now Winchester Medical Center) and from there went to the Philadelphia Medical College, where he took a course of lectures and graduated. He received his MD degree from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Hospital">Bellevue Hospital</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City,_NY">New York, NY</a>. <h3 align="justify" class=MsoNormal><a name="1.2">Military Career (Pre-Civil War)</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>In Aug of 1855 - He applies for and accepts a contract position as civilian physician in the US Army 3rd Infantry and departs with other recruits on November 28, 1855 by ship to Texas. Arriving in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aransas_Pass,_Texas">Aransas Pass, Texas</a> December 21, 1855.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  John and his fellow military men travel north to the fork in the Brazos River near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ft._Worth,_Texas">Ft. Worth</a>, meeting up with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E_Lee">Robert E. Lee</a> in order to establish Camp Cooper on March 14, 1856. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>He formally enters service on May 16, 1856 as 1st Liut., Ass't-Surg. M.D. from VA.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Jun 10. 1858 - He receives orders to report to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Arbuckle_(Oklahoma)">Fort Arbuckle</a>, C.N. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw_Nation">Chickasaw Nation</a>) and arrives Oct-Nov of that year as medical officer in charge. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Oct 1, 1858 - In a letter written by Charles J. Whiting, from a camp near Wichita Village, to Captain W. E. Price at Fort Arbuckle, Commanding officer of the 1st Infantry, he  wrote in part &quot;If Doctor Gaenslen can come out, and bring with him such medicines as are neccessary for gun and arrow shot wounds, please let him come.&quot; (Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Pg. 271) <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>This attack on the Comanche Indians by Bvt. Maj. Earl Van Dorn, went down in history as <a href="http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WI004.html" target="_blank">The Battle of the Wichita Village</a>, Oklahoma. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Oct 2, 1858 - Captain W. E. Price from Fort Arbuckle wrote back to Charles J. Whiting stating &quot;...I shall despatch immediately Assistant Surgeon John J. Gaenslen and such supplies from his department as your require...&quot;

(Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Pg. 271) <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>On Jan 30, 1860 - He received orders to proceed to Head Quarters Dept. of Texas in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a>. He soon receives new orders to proceed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Smith,_Arkansas">Fort Smith, Arkansas</a> then May of this same year is at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McIntosh,_Texas">Fort McIntosh, Texas</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Later in 1860 Dr. Gaenslen was promoted to 1st Lieut. in the Medical Department. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Again receiving new orders he arrives at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mason_(Texas)">Ft. Mason, Texas</a> on Feb 6, 1861. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Feb 17, 1861 - He requests to be relieved from duty in Texas. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>He takes rank on Mar 16, 1861 in the US Army as Asst Surgeon. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Late March 1861 - He leaves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mason_(Texas)">Ft. Mason</a> with companies &quot;A &amp; F&quot; 2nd Calvary enroute to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor">New York Harbor</a> arriving on April 25, 1861. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>July 8, 1961 - He is placed in charge of Union Hotel Hospital, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown,_DC">Georgetown, DC</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>July 19, 1861 - He is appointed Asst. Surgeon Medical Dept. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_VA">Richmond, VA</a>). <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>July 31-Aug 3, 1861 - He returns to Camp Cooper, TX. Camp Cooper was under the command of Lt. Col. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E_Lee">Robert E. Lee</a> of the 2nd Cavalry.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[2]</a>

<a href="CampCooper.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="CampCooper.jpg" width="200" border="0"></a> Camp Cooper

Second Lieutenant I. F. Minter's Drawing of Camp Cooper, accompanying his Inspection report of June 30, 1859

I: Assistant Surgeon's quarters; rough stone and oak boards. <h3 align="justify" class=MsoNormal><a name="1.3">Civil War</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Aug 4, 1861 - He resigns his US Army Commission as Asst. Surgeon to accept appointment as Surgeon in Chief in the Virginia Confederate Army (Surgeon C S A war 1861 to 1865) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_VA">Richmond, VA</a>. His resignation was officially accepted on Aug 16, 1861. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>On Aug 17, 1861 - He accepts appointment as Surgeon in Charge in the Virginia Confederate Army, Medical Dept. 1st (Surgeon C S A war 1861 to 1865) Appointed to General Hospital, &quot;Gilhaum Wase House&quot; in   <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_VA">Richmond, VA</a>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>, thus giving Dr. Gaenslen the distinction of serving in both the Confederate and Union Armies. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>On Aug 28, 1861 - He is assigned to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E_Lee">Ft. Smith, Arkansas</a> but now as a physician in the Confederate Army. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Sept 5, 1861 - He is appointed and accepts position as Surgeon P.A.C.S. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_McCulloch">Gen. Ben. McCulloch</a>). <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Appointed Medical Director of the &quot;Army of the West&quot; around May 1862. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>In mid-June 1862 he is assigned to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi">San Antonio, Texas</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Nov 15, 1862 - He receives orders to proceed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>Jan 4, 1863 He is assigned to duty with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Hindman" target="_blank">Major General T. C. Hindman</a>, as Medical Director of his command. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>He is assigned to San Antonio, Texas on on or before April 15, 1863. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>By May 1863 Dr. Gaenslen is in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston" target="_blank">Houston, Texas</a> and appointed President of the Army Medical Board. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>In early 1864 - He is appointed Inspector General of Hospitals for the District of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas">Texas</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>On Jan 28, 1865 the Army Medical Board is dissolved as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_civil_war">Civil War</a> comes to an end. <h3 align="justify" class=MsoNormal><a name="1.4">Post Civil War Parole</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>August 20, 1865 - He accompanied by hundreds of fellow Confederates flee to Cordova Valley about 70 miles West of Vera Cruz Mexico in fear of arrest then on to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana,_Cuba">Havana, Cuba</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>July 21, 1866 - He writes his &quot;Parole of Honor&quot;<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title="">[5]</a> promising to acknowledge the one United States and that he will not take up arms against these United States or it's government. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>In April of this year Dr. Gaenslen is authorized &quot;to proceed to Texas to be placed on the same footing with other paroled Officers on his taking the same Oath they did before the proper officer in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans">New Orleans</a>.&quot;<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title="">[3]</a> <h3 align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><a name="1.5">Private Practice</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Dr. Gaenslen settles in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a> and begins his civilian medical practice. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Also that year in 1866 it was noted that he successfully treated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera">Cholera</a>.&quot;<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title="">[4]</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'> * His soon-to-be father in law, John Bowen [Ralph Wiilliam Peacock] was sitting as a County Commissioner during this time [1865-1866]. <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Dr. Gaenslen is one of only 12[?] physicians practicing in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio</a> in the late 1860's to early 1870's. <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>On Nov. 1, 1872 he was elected as one of  two  Directors of Southern Life Insurance Company Medical Board. <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'> He was also appointed County Physician in 1878, and a Charter member <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> of the &quot; Western Texas Medical Association &quot; and later President. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Today this association is the &quot; Bexar County Medical Society &quot;. Excerpt from the Charter of the &quot;Western Texas Medical Association &quot; Under and by virtue of an act entitled an act concerning Private Corporations and approved the 23rd of April, A. D. 1874.

Section 1    We George Cupples, M.D., F. Herff, M.D.,  J. J. Gaenslen, M.D., T. R. Chew, M.D., Ed. Bennett, M.D., Powhatan Jordan, M.D., T. J. Garibas, M.D., John Herff, M.D., Rudolph Menger, M.D., W. R.  Campbell, M.D., J. L. Hunter, M.D.,  and  others, do hereby constitute and organize ourselves into, a body corporate to  be known under the name, style, and title as the &quot;Western Texas Medical  Association&quot; for the purpose of cultivating the Science of medicine, of  evaluating the status of the members of the Medical Profession, and of  promoting professional and social intercourse among them.

Section 2    The place where the business of the  aforesaid Association shall be transacted shall be the City of San Antonio in  the County of Bexar, State of Texas, and no other place, written term of years  which it is to exist is twenty-five years.

Section 3    That we as such corporate body shall have  success and for the number of years aforementioned; maintain and defend  judicial proceedings; make and use a common seal; hold, purchase and mortgage,  sell or convey property, real, personal or mixed in value not to exceed Fifty  Thousand dollars, to make laws, not inconsistent with the existing laws of the  state, for the purpose of managing, and regulating the affairs, and business of  the Association.

In witness hereof we have hereunto subscribed our names in the City of San Antonio, County of Bexar, State of  Texas,-- This 29th day of December, 1876.

Geo. Cupples, M.D.

T. R. Chew, M.D.

J. J. Gaenslen, M.D.

P. Jordan, M.D., Lect.

F. Herff, M.D.

W. R. Campbell, M.D.

Edward Bennett, M.D. <hr align=JUSTIFY size=1 width="95%"> <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>The Texas State Medical Association elects him Secretary of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Diabetes of Woman and Children for the year 1878-1879. <p align="justify" class="MsoNormal" style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>The first directory of the City of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio</a> was published for 1877-78. It is estimated the population at that time to be 19,278. Dr. Gaenslen as one of only 13 Doctors. -- San Antonio Express April 4, 1936. <h3 align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><a name="1.6">Marriages and Children</a> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Oct 11, 1861 - He married his first wife, La Rue Melissa Pulliam at her parent's home in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ft._Smith,_Arkansas">Ft. Smith, Arkansas</a>. La Rue died sometime later of <span style='mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis">Consumption</a>   in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>. It is believed there were no children from this short marriage although a son appears some years later on the US Census as being born to La Rue's parents with the name &quot;John G&quot;. Keep in mind that La Rue's parents were up in years by this point. Little more is known about her. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Sep 8, 1868 Dr. Gaenslen marries Mary Peacock Bowen, the daughter of a prominent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio</a> family. John Bowen (formerly Ralph William Peacock) first Post Master of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio</a> and Mary Elizabeth Murphy Peacock both of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lavaca,_TX">Philadelphia, PA</a>. John Bowen adopted Mary Peacock upon his marriage to her mother Mary E. Murphy Peacock. Mary E. Murphy Peacock was the widow of his younger brother, George Steinmetz Peacock; George succumbed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera">Cholera</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Lavaca,_TX">Port Lavaca, TX</a> at the age of 46. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>The first born from this union was Frederick &quot;Fred&quot; Bowen Gaenslen born 17 Jul 1869 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a>. He was educated at St. Louis College (now St. Mary's University) in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a> then graduated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology">MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</a> in 1893 Boston, Massachusetts with an Architectural degree. Fred was a well known architect in the styles of Gothic Revival, Renaissance and others in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio</a> and surrounding area and far as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston">Houston</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas">Dallas</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas">Brownsville</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Second born was Mary Cornelia &quot;Nina&quot; Gaenslen born 07 Oct 1872 in Virginia. She was educated at Sacred Heart School, a teaching convent in Pennsylvania. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Next was George Ralph Gaenslen Sr., born  25 Mar 1875 in San Antonio, Texas. He was educated at St. Louis College in San Antonio, Texas then graduated from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology">MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</a> in 1903 Boston, Massachusetts with a Mining Engineering degre e. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>Last born was Mary Elizabeth &quot;Bessie&quot; Gaenslen, born 06 Aug 1877 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a>. Bessie was educated at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Conservatory_of_Music">Cincinnati Conservatory of Music</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>. <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>In the LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT of Samuel F. Gaenslen, Dr. Gaenslen's father, it stated  that shares from his estate go to the four grandchildren for support and their education  during their minority and when they reached twenty one years of age the remaining be divided equally among the four grandchildren. <a name="1.7">Death</a>

<p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>On the day of his death the following Resolution was passed by the Western Texas Medical Association :

<p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>&quot;Whereas Almighty God has been pleased to call from our midst our friend and President of our Association Dr. J. J. Gaenslen.

Resolved, Though bowing to the will of Him &quot;who dealt all things well&quot;, we none the less feel our great loss, and that our Association has lost a good Officer, Society a valuable citizen, and the Medical profession an eminent physician.

We extend to the stricken family in their great affliction our heartfelt sympathy.&quot; <hr align=JUSTIFY size=1 width="95%"> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal>The following is the obituary of Dr. Gaenslen reprinted from the &quot;San Antonio Express News Paper&quot; Biweekly edition September 17, 1879. <p align="center" class=MsoNormal> Death of Dr. Gaenslen <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal> About 5 o'clock Monday afternoon the sad and startling news was found circulating upon the streets of the death of Dr. J. J. Gaenslen. To many, it seemed impossible to be true, as the Doctor had been observed on his usual professional visits all the morning previous, and some remembered having seen and spoken to him as late as noon. But the report nevertheless was true. The Doctor had repaired to his elegant new house, just recently purchased and occupied, situated on South Flores street. After eating his dinner, he rolled a cigarette and lighting it walked out into the yard to see how some carpenters whom he had employed were getting along with their work. In a few moments, he fell to the ground and was picked up and carried into the house, where he died. The cause of this unwarned event was heart-disease.

The deceased was in his 57th year, having been born near the town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_VA">Winchester, VA</a>. where his aged parents still reside, since 1823. He first studied medicine with Dr. Hugh McGuire, of Winchester, and from there went to the Philadelphia medical college, where he took a course of lectures and graduated. He afterwards appeared before the army board of examiners, New York City, and was admitted as an assistant surgeon of the United States army. Coming to San Antonio just after the close of the war, he entered vigorously to build up a practice here, and succeeded in his ambition. He soon won the confidence, respect and esteem of our people both as a citizen and in his profession. After the lapse of a short time. he was married, taking for a wife a daughter of one of the best families of the city. Having thus settled, his success as a physician increased, and they upon whom he attended during sickness and suffering invariably became his warmest friends.

At the time of his death [09/08/1879], Dr. Gaenslen was county physician of this county, and when the news of his death reached the county court, which was in session, business was at once stopped and adjournment followed in respect to his memory.

For upward of a year and a half previous to his death, the deceased was cognizant of his affliction, though he seldom referred to it, and then only when in company with his most intimate friends. A few weeks since, while driving in the northeastern subtrim, he met with an accident. The horse he drove shied and turning very suddenly threw the Doctor from his seat to the ground. This fall, it is believed, affected his heart and hastened death, for since that time his health had been anything but good. While up and going--answering every call and attending carefully to the many patients under his care--yet his friends have frequently remarked his decline. Now he is no more.

The deceased leaves a wife and four children, besides many other relatives, in this city, to mourn his sudden death, besides his aged parents at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_VA">Winchester</a>, who centered all their love upon him as their only son.

The remains left Tuesday morning for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_VA">Winchester, VA</a>. the home of his parents, accompanied by his wife and family. He died at 4 o'clock September 8th the eleventh anniversary of his marriage. <hr align=JUSTIFY size=1 width="95%"> <p align="justify" class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'>The obituary of Dr. Gaenslen reprinted from the &quot;San Antonio Express News Paper&quot; Morning edition Local News Gossip Column September 10, 1879.

The remain of Dr. J.J. Gaenslen were last evening conveyed to the cars, and de[livered to] the parents of the deceased at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_VA" target="_parent">Winchester, VA</a>. They were accompanied by Mr. John Bowen, and the wife and family of the deceased. A very [large] number of persons in vehicles attended the remains to the cars. <hr align=JUSTIFY size=1 width="95%"> <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn1' href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title="">[1]</a> The Great Contest By Willis C. Humphrey – Page 659 <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn2' href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title="">[2]</a> <em class="MsoFootnoteText style2">Col. J.K.F. Mansfield's Inspection Report of Texas. <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn3' href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title="">[3]</a> From The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant Vol. 16 <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title="">[4]</a> With the Makers of San Antonio by Chabot, Frederick C. <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn5' href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title="">[5]</a> ''All Confederate soldiers actively in the field in April and May 1865 were to be accounted for and released on parole under four major surrender agreements. This military parole was an individual's sworn promise (made both orally and in writing) to refrain from any military activities on behalf of the Confederates States in exchange for the freedom to go anywhere the parolee chose to go. So long as the men observed the terms of their parole, they were not to be interfered with by Federal authorities. These paroles usually provided for a "proper exchange" which would release the men to return to duty, but this quickly became a moot point when there were no longer any Confederate units in the field. Absentees were encouraged to report into local Federal Provost Marshals to be registered and to give and receive their final parole.'' <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText>''In the Trans-Mississippi, most of the Confederate army units had disbanded and the men gone to their homes when the surrender agreement was signed on June 3, 1865 in Galveston Bay. Recognizing this, the T-M surrender protocols required that all Confederate soldiers at home in the Trans-Mississippi, including absentees who had not otherwise been accounted for and released on parole with their units east of the Mississippi River, were to report into a Federal parole center nearest their homes to be accounted for and released on parole. Officers and men still at their place of duty were paroled at these places and released.'' <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText>''A "parole of honor" was a sworn promise, both oral and in writing, made by an officer. Enlisted men were required to give their individual "parole" - the differentiation was in the deference that the 19th century military gave to officers, even Confederate officers. Confederate officers were allowed to submit rosters of their men at these parole centers, and upon that officer's personal oath, these men were declared paroled even though they were not present. In the Trans-Mississippi, this frequently resulted in duplicate paroles when the soldier himself reported into a different parole center to be accounted for and released on parole.''

--Hugh Simmons: http://history-sites.com <p align="justify" class=MsoFootnoteText><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn6' href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title="">[6]</a>'' Dr. Hugh Holmes McGuire (1801-1875) was born on Grove Farm in Frederick Co., VA, the son of Edward McGuire, born in County Kerry, Ireland, who was a Patriot in the Revolutionary War. Dr. McGuire was an eye surgeon and started the Medical College of the Valley in Winchester, Virginia which was later known as Winchester Medical College. He married Ann Eliza Moss and had eight children. Dr. McGuire's first son was Hunter Holmes McGuire, surgeon for Stonewall Jackson.</a>''

<a href="FtMason.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="FtMason.jpg" width="200" border="0"></a> Ft Mason <img src="image003.jpg" width="200"> John Jacob Gaenslen

Circa 1840 <a href="image006.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="image006b.jpg" width="200" border="0"></a> Resignation Letter written to the US Army

dated Aug, 4, 1861 <img src="image004.jpg" width="200"> John Jacob Gaenslen

Circa 1860's 	 <a href="image007.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="image007b.jpg" width="200" height="247" border="0"></a> Parole of Honor Oath

Jan 21, 1866 <img src="image005.gif" width="200"> John Jacob Gaenslen

Circa early 1870's