Alexander Thomas Augusta (March 8, 1825 – December 21, 1890) was a surgeon, professor of medicine, and veteran of the American Civil War. Augusta was born to free African American parents in Norfolk, Virginia. At that time he began to learn to read while working as a barber although it was illegal to do so in Virginia at that time. He moved to Baltimore while still in his youth. He also began pursuing an education in the field of medicine at that time. He married Baltimore native Mary O. Burgoin on January 12, 1847.
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