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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00639.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Ulysses S. Grant to J. J. Speed about benefit for widows and orphans |
| Date | 30 November 1863 |
| Author | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) |
| Recipient | Speed, J.J. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | General Grant praises Speed, President of a Louisville, Kentucky Fair organized to benefit widows and orphans of deceased Civil War soldiers. Expresses gratitude, through Speed, to the ladies of Louisville for "the patriotic steps taken by them to provide for the wants of those unfortunate women and children whos natural protectors have offered up their lives a sacrifice for the preservation of our free and united government." Updates Speed on recent Union success in the Civil War. |
| Subjects | President Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Women's History US Sanitary Commission Charity and Philanthropy Children and Family |
| People | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Speed, J. J. (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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