doctors at lincoln's bedside

[Linda Anderson]

Ichabod Crane was, of course, the hapless school teacher in Washington Irving's story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." I was curious to see if Irving named his character after Crane and it seems that he did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichabod_Cra...epy_Hollow

"In one of those odd twists of fate, Washington Irving and Ichabod B. Crane were both stationed at Fort Pike in Sackett Harbor during the War of 1812. At the time, Crane was a 27-year-old artillery captain in the Marines. He was far from the gangly schoolteacher Irving portrayed in his tale. Irving was an aide-de-camp to Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins of New York and in charge of overseeing Sackett Harbor's defenses against the British."

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/nyregi...%3A8%22%7D