Samuel W. Crawford 1829-1892 Union brigadier general who commanded a battery at Fort Sumter, and later led at Antietam, Gettysburg, and Five Forks. A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo., York, Pa., Mar. 25, 1881 concerning a commemorative dinner. in part: ...Do you think it would be a just and reasonable thing to recognize in some way the anniversary of the firing upon Ft. Sumter on the 14th April In South Carolina they have a society for its commemoration.