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| Keywords: Dr Samuel E Lewis - former surgeon Confederate States Army - 1904.jpg en Half-length portrait of Samuel E Lewis M D in 1904 Dr Lewis was an Assistant Surgeon with the Army of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War After the war he resumed his medical practice in Washington D C in the United States He was elected Commander of Charles Broadway Rouss Camp No 1191 of the United Confederate Veterans UCV a veterans organization for those who fought for the Confederacy Lewis inventoried all Confederate graves at Arlington National Cemetery in early fall 1898 as part of Camp 1191's historic documentation efforts He discovered 136 identifiable Confederate graves at Arlington far more than the six or seven cemetery officials had assumed there were In early 1899 his group discovered another 189 graves in the Soldiers' Home National Cemetery in the District of Columbia On June 5 1899 Lewis and other Confederate veterans sent a petition to President William McKinley asking that the Confederate dead at Arlington be disinterred and reburied in a Confederate section Congress agreed and on June 6 1900 McKinley signed legislation establishing a Confederate Section at Arlington National Cemetery http //ihm nlm nih gov/luna/servlet/view/search q B017527 History of Medicine Division U S National Library of Medicine photographer unknown 1904 Confederate Monument Arlington National Cemetery PD-USGov PD-1923 | ||||
