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Present at the Assassination - Michigan's Boy Surgeon?
07-12-2014, 09:40 AM (This post was last modified: 07-12-2014 09:44 AM by HeWasThere.)
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RE: Present at the Assassination - Michigan's Boy Surgeon?
Greetings and salutations from Savannah! This being my first post I'd like to say hello to all and proudly let you know my Great-great Grandfather, Dr. Arend Van der Veen, the 'boy surgeon' of the 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was there the night our 16th President was shot and how excited I am to share some of his items currently on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum for others to view and enjoy.

See Civil War artifacts from Michigan's 'boy surgeon' at ...
http://www.mlive.com/.../see_civil_war_a...rom_m.html
Michigan Live by Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk - Jul 5, 2014 - Known as the "Boy Surgeon," Van der Veen served as assistant ...

"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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RE: Present at the Assassination - Michigan's Boy Surgeon? - HeWasThere - 07-12-2014 09:40 AM

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