Born:		Sunday, November 08, 1829 Franklin Cty PA
Died:		Thursday, November 03, 1892 Philadelphia PA
Buried:		Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Plot:		Section L, Lot 69
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Army medical officer who became an outstanding Union combat commander. Appointed to the Army as an assistant surgeon after graduating from medical school in 1851. He was stationed at Fort Sumter when the Confederates bombarded it on April 14, 1861. Shortly after he was appointed Major of the 13th United States Regular Infantry. During the Shenandoah Valley Campaign he ascended to brigade command and was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers. His unit was decimated at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and he was severely wounded commanding his division at Antietam. Upon his return from his wounds in May 1863 he was assigned to command the division in the Army of the Potomac made of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps (V Corps, 3rd Division). At the Battle of Gettysburg he gained fame by skillfully directing the Pennsylvania Reserves on the second day of the engagement, where they repulsed the charging Confederate from the Little Round Top northern slope area and Plum Run area after the Southern Troops had defeated Union forces in the Wheatfield. General Crawford himself led one the charges made by elements of his division. His men occupied the blood soaked Wheatfield after the Confederates retreated at the conclusion of the battle. He continued to lead his division throughout the rest of the war, and again won acclaim at the Battle of Five Forks. He received brevets of Major General, USV and Major General, US Regular Army for his services, although he was never commissioned Major General despite leading a division for over 2 years. Today, in the Gettysburg National Military Park, the road that runs through the Plum Run Valley to Devil's Den is named for him, and a bronze statue of General Crawford memorializes him along that road. My Source: Find A Grave - Biography by Russ Dodge