William A. Hammond

William A. Hammond
Birth name	William Alexander Hammond
Born	(1828-08-28)August 28, 1828 Annapolis, Maryland
Died	January 5, 1900(1900-01-05) (aged 71) Washington, D.C.
Place of burial	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	U.S. Army Medical Corps Union Army
Years of service	1849–1860, 1861–1864
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands held	Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
Battles/wars	American Indian Wars American Civil War
Spouse(s)	Helen Nisbet (married 1849) Esther T. Chapin (married 1886)
Children	Graeme Hammond Clara Lanza
Other work	Physician Neurologist

William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician and neurologist. During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) and the founder of the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine).^[1]

He was the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology, the author of the first American treatise about neurology, and one of the founders of the American Neurological Association.^[2][3][4]