Samuel Wylie Crawford
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Janet Ehlers and Patrick Kerwin
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2005
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007014
Title: Papers of Samuel Wylie
Crawford
Span Dates: 1860-1892
ID No.: MSS17194
Creator:
Crawford, Samuel Wylie,
1827-1892
Extent: 400 items;
7 containers plus 1 oversize;
1.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Physician and army
officer. Diary, correspondence, memoranda, registers and returns of troops and
artillery, sketches, photographs, and other items relating chiefly to events
while Crawford was an assistant surgeon at Fort Sumter during the early months
of 1861.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Anderson,
Robert, 1805-1871--Correspondence.
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant),
1818-1893--Correspondence.
Capers,
Ellison, 1837-1908--Correspondence.
Crawford,
Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892.
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.
Organizations
Powhatan
(Side-wheel steamer)
United
States. Army--Supplies and
stores.
Subjects
Military
supplies.
Locations
Charleston
(S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Fort Sumter
(Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861.
South
Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
Occupations
Army
officers.
Physicians.
Provenance:The papers of Samuel Wylie Crawford, physician and army officer, were
given to the Library of Congress by Eva Anderson Lawton, 1916-1918. An addition
was given by Luther M. Cornwall in 1939, and other material was purchased in
1915.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Wylie
Crawford is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Samuel Wylie Crawford Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Samuel Wylie Crawford (1827-1892), span the years
1860-1892. The papers consists of diaries, letters received and copies of
letters sent, memoranda, registers and returns of troops and artillery,
sketches, photographs, and other items relating chiefly to events while
Crawford was an assistant surgeon at Fort Sumter.
The papers contain correspondence from Governor Francis W. Pickens of
South Carolina, including letters to Jefferson Davis; copies of correspondence
between Robert Anderson and G.T. Beauregard before the bombardment of Fort
Sumter; and a statement by David D. Porter concerning the frigate
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 Roswell Sabine Ripley.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
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Chronological file |
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1860, Apr. 17-1861, Feb 4; May 1
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| BOX 2
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1861, Feb. 5-1863, July 1
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1863, July 10-1873, Mar. 25
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1873, Mar. 25-1892, Oct. 13
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Diary, Fort Sumter, S.C.,
1860, Dec.19-1861, Apr. 1
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Letterbook,
1861, Jan. 23-1862, May 18
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Miscellany,
1860-1861
See also
Oversize |
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(2
folders)
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Oversize |
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Miscellany,
1860-1861
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