Here's the only Surgeon I could find by that name:

Joseph S. Tipton

Residence Georgia;
Enlisted on 5/1/1863 as a Asst Surgeon.

On 5/1/1863 he was commissioned into CS Navy
(date and method of discharge not given)

On 6/2/1864 he was commissioned into CS Prov Navy
(date and method of discharge not given)
(As Asst Surgeon)

He was listed as:
* POW 5/5/1864 Albemarle Sound, NC (Captured aboard CSS Bombshell)
* Exchanged 8/12/1864 Aiken's Landing, VA
* POW 12/13/1864 Fort McAllister, GA

Ships served on in Navy:
* CSS ARCTIC (Wilmington Station, 1863-64)
* CSS BOMBSHELL
* CSS ISONDIGA (Savannah Squadron, 1864)
* CSS RESOLUTE 9/26/2064
* CSS FIREFLY (1864)

Other Information:
born in Georgia

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy 1861-1865