Background
Witt, Calvin De was born on May 26, 1840 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review William R. (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Elizabeth (Wallace) D.
Witt, Calvin De was born on May 26, 1840 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Review William R. (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Elizabeth (Wallace) D.
Educated Harrisburg Academy. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1860. Master of Arts, 1863; Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1865.
Served in Army of Potomac, captain 49th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, October 1861-January 1863. Appointed First lieutenant, assistant surgical United States of America, May 14, 1867. Advanced through grades to colonel assistant surgical general, May 7, 1901.
Brigadier general, United States of America, August 9, 1903.
Retired from active service August 10, 1903.
Served in Army of Potomac, captain 49th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, October 1861-January 1863. Appointed First lieutenant, assistant surgical United States of America, May 14, 1867. Served as medical officer United States of America, in many military stations in various parts of the United States, in several campaigns against Indians and in Cuba.
Instructor in military hygiene, General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Married Josephine Lesesne, 1877.