CRAWFORD, Samuel Wylie

Affiliation:  Union

Born: November 8 1829, Franklin Cty PA

Died: November 3 1892, Philadelphia PA

Pre-War Profession: 1851 appointed assistant surgeon in US army, frontier duty

War Service: April 1861 commanded a battery at Fort Sumter, Maj. in 13th US Infantry, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn in Shenandoah Valley campaign, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/XII Corps at Antietam (w), commanded Pennsylvania Reserve Corps in Washington defences, they became the 3rd Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks.

Post War: Army service, retired 1873.