Alfred Ely (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)
Reference
“Ely, Alfred,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000164.
ELY, Alfred, a Representative from New York; born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., February 15, 1815; attended the common schools and Bacon Academy at Colchester, Conn.; moved to Rochester, N.Y., in 1835; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Rochester; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; while witnessing the Battle of Bull Run was taken a prisoner by the Con
“Mr. Lincoln’s Indianapolis Speech,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, February 19, 1861
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Mr. Lincoln’s Indianapolis Speech
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“Mr. Lincoln’s Indianapolis Speech,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, February 19, 1861, p. 2: 1.
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New York Times, “An Unsatisfactory Defence,” February 15, 1861
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“An Unsatisfactory Defence,” New York Times, February 15, 1861
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An Unsatisfactory Defence
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“An Unsatisfactory Defence,” New York Times, February 15, 1861, p. 4: 3.
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Samuel Wylie Crawford, detail
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Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford
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Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Samuel Wylie Crawford
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Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford
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Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Samuel Wylie Crawford (Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary)
Reference
John Howard Brown, ed., “Crawford, Samuel Wylie,” Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary of the United States (Boston: James H. Lamb Company, 1900), 2: 245.
CRAWFORD, Samuel Wylie, soldier, was born in Franklin county, Pa., Nov. 8, 1827; son of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wylie and Jane (Agnew) Crawford. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and from the medical department in 1850. He entered the U.S. army as assistant surgeon, serving in Texas and Mexico, 1851-57, and Kansas, 1857-60. In 1860 he was stationed in Charleston harbor and made one of the brave garrison that defended Fort Sumter, being in command of a battery during the bombardment.