Howell A. Venable, student 1856-1857

Howell A. Venable was a civilian doctor who was contracted in May of 1862 to work at General Hospital No. 2 in Lynchburg, VA as Acting Assistant Surgeon for $80 per month. By January 1863, he was contracted at the fee of $100 per month. Venable was later appointed from Texas by the Confederate Congress as assistant surgeon in the Confederate Provisional Navy on September 6, 1864. Howell served on the CSS Sampson in 1864 and was attached to the 2nd Bridgade of Semmes' Naval Brigade in April of 1865. He was paroled at Greensboro, NC on April 26, 1865. Venable was one of the founding members of the Medical Society of Virginia in November, 1870.