Speed, Joshua F. (Joshua Fry), 1814-1882 to William T. Sherman

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GLC#
GLC05607
Type
Letters
Date
12 November 1861
Author/Creator
Speed, Joshua F. (Joshua Fry), 1814-1882
Title
to William T. Sherman
Place Written
Louisville, Kentucky
Pagination
3 p. : docket : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 25.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Also signed by James Speed, Joshua's brother who served as Attorney General under president Abraham Lincoln. Signed by 32 others. Speed, a close friend to Lincoln, expresses his regret on behalf of the citizens of Kentucky that General Sherman will be leaving the Department of the Cumberland. Requests Sherman to use his influence to remain in Kentucky. States that though the Department will welcome the new leadership of General Buel (possibly Don Carlos Buell), "We still feel that your services will be of great value to out Common Country and almost indispensable to us in the field."

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