Samuel Wylie Crawford papers, 1860-1892.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 400 items; 7 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 -- Correspondence
- Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 -- Correspondence
- Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Correspondence
- Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Correspondence
- Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893 -- Correspondence
- Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888 -- Correspondence
- Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 -- Correspondence
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869 -- Correspondence
- Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891
- Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887 -- Correspondence
- United States. Army -- Supplies and stores
- Powhatan (Side-wheel steamer)
- Military supplies
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- Army officers
- Physicians
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diary, registers and returns of troops and artillery, sketches, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to events while Crawford was an assistant surgeon at Fort Sumter during the early months of 1861. Includes correspondence of F.W. Pickens with Jefferson Davis, copies of correspondence between Robert Anderson and G.T. Beauregard before the bombardment of Fort Sumter, and a statement by David Dixon Porter concerning the side-wheel steamer Powhatan and the provisioning of Fort Sumter. Correspondents include Ellison Capers, Maxcy Gregg, Robert E. Lee, A.G. Magrath, C.G. Memminger, John C. Pemberton, and R.S. Ripley.
Physician and army officer of Pennsylvania.
Collection material in English.
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