taken from: "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States" by William Biddle Atkinson, March 1878

pg. 481 Charles Henry Ladd, Winnsboro, S.C., was born at Macon, Ga., April 1st, 1838. He is a son of George W. and Catharine Ladd, the former of Massachusetts, the latter of Virginia. He was educated at Mt. Zion coll. in Winnsboro, and received his M.D. from the univ. of New York in June 1869. He settled first in Bosin parish, La., but changed in 1865 to Winnsboro, S.C. In 1869 he visited Europe. His notable cases comprise many resections, amputations, etc. His specialty in practice is surgery, in theory chemico-physiology. He prefers conservative surgery. He is a member of the S.C. med. asso., of which he was vice-president in 1873; and was a delegate to the Am. med. asso. in 1877. Among the medical subjects won which he has written are....He has also communicated a number of papers to the surgeon-general's office in the U.S. army. In July 1861, he entered the Confederate army as a private in Company G of the 6th S.C. vols.; in September 1861 was commissioned asst. surgeon; and in September 1862, was promoted to the surgeoncy, having his commission antedated to May 1862, and assigned exclusively to surgical duties for the remainder of the war. Since 1865 he has been associated with a. W. Ladd in the general merchandising and commission business and agriculture.

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