George Miller Sternberg was born June 8, 1838 at Hartwick Seminary, Ostego County, New York. He died on November 3, 1915 in Washington, D.C. He was the son of Levi Sternberg, a Lutheran clergyman, and Margaret Levering Sternberg. In 1865, he married Louisa Russell, and in 1869, Martha L. Pattison (no children). He received his M.D. degree in 1860 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. From 1860 to 1861, he practiced medicine in Elizabeth, New Jersey. From 1861 to 1902, he served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps (rising in rank from assistant surgeon to brigadier general). From 1861 to 1865 (during the Civil War), he assumed field and hospital duties. From 1865 to 1879, he served at various army posts during the Indian campaigns and cholera and yellow fever epidemics. In 1879, he was a member and secretary of the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of the National Board of Health. In 1898, he was placed in command...