We regret to inform you that Stephen B. Bacon, Maj. USAF (Ret), will be unable to deliver the National Genealogical Society Banquet talk Friday, 13 May 2011, due to circumstances beyond his control. We have been fortunate on such short notice to find Patrick McCawley, who is also an expert on many aspects of the Civil War in South Carolina.
Patrick McCawley, Archival Processing Supervisor at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, will talk about “The Destruction of Records in South Carolina during the Civil War.” His talk will provide an overview of recordkeeping in South Carolina on the eve of the war, a review of military operations during the war, and the effect those operations had on the survival of local and state records. In particular he will discuss the march of General Sherman’s army through the state and the courthouses and records destroyed as a result.
McCawley began his career with the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in 1986 as Reference Archivist. His interest in military history led him to become familiar with the department’s military records and, in his twenty-five years with the Archives, has become an expert on its Civil War holdings. His current duties include assessing and accessioning all incoming records from the state or local governments, preparing the records for research use, and maintaining the electronic guide to the archival collection, all within a restricted budget in a recessionary environment.
McCawley’s interest in history began at an early age, fostered by the Time-Life books his father collected and family trips to Manassas and Antietam battlefields. He graduated from the University of Maryland, where he received a BA in American History in 1984. His focus during his college years was World War II military history with an emphasis on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. McCawley also attended the Applied History graduate program at the University of South Carolina. More recently he has attended the annual Southeastern Archives and Records Conference and has participated in panels for the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.
In 1991, McCawley wrote a small pamphlet on Confederate records which led to a more complete Guide to Civil War Records: A Guide to Records at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History published in 1994. In 1997, the department published the Selected Civil War Bibliography, a 44-page list of South Carolina related Civil War books and articles. In 1999, McCawley co-edited, with Alexia J. Helsley, The Many Faces of Slavery, a reader of selected slave related documents from the department’s collection geared towards use in the classroom. McCawley has also written several articles for historical journals and several Civil War related entries for the Encyclopedia of South Carolina. He has also had two “guest appearances” on PBS’s The History Detectives.
Patrick McCawley resides with his family in Chapin, South Carolina.
Patrick McCawley, Archival Processing Supervisor at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, will talk about “The Destruction of Records in South Carolina during the Civil War.” His talk will provide an overview of recordkeeping in South Carolina on the eve of the war, a review of military operations during the war, and the effect those operations had on the survival of local and state records. In particular he will discuss the march of General Sherman’s army through the state and the courthouses and records destroyed as a result.
McCawley began his career with the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in 1986 as Reference Archivist. His interest in military history led him to become familiar with the department’s military records and, in his twenty-five years with the Archives, has become an expert on its Civil War holdings. His current duties include assessing and accessioning all incoming records from the state or local governments, preparing the records for research use, and maintaining the electronic guide to the archival collection, all within a restricted budget in a recessionary environment.
McCawley’s interest in history began at an early age, fostered by the Time-Life books his father collected and family trips to Manassas and Antietam battlefields. He graduated from the University of Maryland, where he received a BA in American History in 1984. His focus during his college years was World War II military history with an emphasis on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. McCawley also attended the Applied History graduate program at the University of South Carolina. More recently he has attended the annual Southeastern Archives and Records Conference and has participated in panels for the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.
In 1991, McCawley wrote a small pamphlet on Confederate records which led to a more complete Guide to Civil War Records: A Guide to Records at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History published in 1994. In 1997, the department published the Selected Civil War Bibliography, a 44-page list of South Carolina related Civil War books and articles. In 1999, McCawley co-edited, with Alexia J. Helsley, The Many Faces of Slavery, a reader of selected slave related documents from the department’s collection geared towards use in the classroom. McCawley has also written several articles for historical journals and several Civil War related entries for the Encyclopedia of South Carolina. He has also had two “guest appearances” on PBS’s The History Detectives.
Patrick McCawley resides with his family in Chapin, South Carolina.
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