Charles Henry Crane (1825 to 1883) was an American army physician who rose to the top medical post in the United States Army. Born in 1825 as the son of Colonel Ichabod B. Crane, he took a bachelor's degree at Yale College in 1844 and a medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1847, and entered the army medical service early in 1848. He was one of the doctors who attended President Abraham Lincoln at his death in April 1865, and in 1866 he was named brevet brigadier general and then Assistant Surgeon General under Joseph K. Barnes. After serving as Acting Surgeon General, he was confirmed by the Senate as the thirteenth Surgeon General of the Army in August 1882 and held the office until his death in October 1883.
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was an American medical doctor
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Crane was born on July 19, 1825.
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Crane served as Surgeon General of the Army until his death on October 10, 1883.
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was an American medical doctor and the 13th Surgeon General of the United States Army
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