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Present at the Assassination - Michigan's Boy Surgeon?
07-12-2014, 07:13 PM
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RE: Present at the Assassination - Michigan's Boy Surgeon?
(07-12-2014 12:38 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Welcome Charles!Smile

I am always fascinated to meet and speak with people who-through their ancestors-are a direct link to history!

And a "Welcome" to you as well!! If you're interested in ancestors with a direct link to history maybe I can call in all of my favors (hahahaha) and please help me out with thoughts or directions of a Great ++++ gentleman on my Mothers side, (Dr. Van der Veen was on my Fathers,) ... anyway his name was Sgt. Daniel Bissell of the Second Conn. I'd like to confirm if he was quite possibly one of only three (?) NCO's in the Continental Army that received a commendation from George Washington and supposedly these "commendations" later (1932 DAR ?) served as the basis for the Purple Heart medal. Your thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
"When we started out in '61, they liked to call me the Boy Surgeon," Van der Veen later wrote. "Nowadays, the ones left just call me 'Doc.'"
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