Medical Library, the Armed Forces Medical Library, and finally transformed in 1956 into the National Library of Medicine. In 1842, the officers of the medical corps testified to their appreciation of Lovell's services to them and to their personal esteem for him by the erection of a handsome monument over his grave in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington. Legacy During the American Civil War Lovell General Hospital in Portsmouth, Rhode Island was named after him. Lovell General Hospital at Fort Devens, Massachusetts was also named after him. References Site links F. F. Harrington, Harvard Medical School, Vol. II (1905); H. E. Brown Medical Department of the U. S. Army from 1775 to 1873 (1873); J. E. Pilcher Surgeon Generals of the Army (1905); Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. II (1933); National Intelligencer, Washington, October 19, 1836. Extracted from "Chiefs of the Medical Department, U.S. Army 1775–1940, Biographical Sketches," Army Medical Bulletin, No. 52, April 1940, pp. 27–32, compiled by James M. Phalen, Colonel, Medical Corps, U.S. Army retired. This article is originally based on public domain work produced by the U.S. Army. 1788 births 1836 deaths Surgeons General of the United States Army Harvard Medical School alumni Burials at the Congressional Cemetery Harvard College alumni