Stanhope P. Breckinridge, M.D. , CSA Click on image to enlarge Go to lecture card display From the History of the First Kentucky Brigade: In May, 1862, Dr. Stanhope P. Breckinridge, a young physician of Danville, reported to his distinguished kinsman, General Breckinridge, then in command of the Reserve Corps, and was assigned to duty as assistant surgeon of the Fourth Regiment. He was afterward placed on duty with a cavalry command, and his health failing very soon, he was assigned to hospital duty, in which he continued throughout the remainder of the war.