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Collection Reference Number GLC03479.58
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1890s 
Title Charles G. McCrawley to W. B. Franklin regarding an expected letter
Date 7 January 1890
Author McCawley, Charles G. (1827-1891)  
Recipient Franklin, W.B.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Written by McCawley as Colonel Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps to General Franklin as the Commissioner General of the Paris Exposition. References Franklin's letter of 28 December 1889, but says he has not received a copy of his letter to "the Department." Has asked for one because it has been published in the newspapers. Written on the letter head of the Headquarters of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Subjects Military History  Navy  Expositions and Fairs  Marines  Journalism  
People McCawley, Charles G. (1827-1891)  Franklin, W.B. (fl. 1890)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information McCawley was the eighth Commandant of the Marine Corps. McCawley served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He served after the Civil War as the Marines' senior officer, colonel commandant. Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McCawley was appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on 3 March 1847. He took part in the Battle of Chapultepec and the capture of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. He was brevetted first lieutenant September 13, 1847, for gallantry in those actions. In the Civil War, he aided in the capture of Port Royal, South Carolina, November 7, 1861 and led a detachment of 200 Marines to reoccupy the Norfolk Navy Yard, May 1862. He subsequently commanded Marine detachments during operations in Charleston Harbor against Forts Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter. For gallant and meritorious conduct during the boat attack on Fort Sumter, September 8, 1863, he was brevetted major. In 1876, he was appointed colonel commandant, the highest post in the Marine Corps, and served in that position until he retired in 1891. Colonel McCawley died at Philadelphia, October 13, 1891.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945