Scope and Content Note
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.