Doctor Tarbell

Guide to the Doctor and Mary Tarbell Collection, The History Center in Tompkins County
https://thehistorycenter.net/resources/Documents/Archival%20Finding%20Aids/Doctor%20and%20Mary%20Tarbell%20Collection%20V-5-4-7.pdf
"Doctor Tarbell was born on May 16, 1838 in Groton, New York. Doctor—Doctor was his first name—served in the US army for the length of the American Civil War. In May 1861, he enlisted in a New York State volunteer regiment as a sergeant, rising to the rank of brevet major by the time he was mustered out of service in July 1865. Doctor fought at some of the most important battles in the war’s eastern theater, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was captured by confederate forces at Winchester, Virginia in September 1864 and was held at Libby, Salisbury, and Danville prisoner of war camps until February 1865. On a leave of absence after being paroled, Doctor returned to Ithaca to marry Mary Lucy Conant.
After the war, Doctor studied at Cornell University, was elected clerk for Tompkins County, and worked as an agent in the typewriter and insurance industries. He died on September 19, 1895."