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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
Transcript	Show/hide Chattanooga. Tennessee, November 30th. 1863, J.J. Speed; Esqr. Presdt Louisville Fair for benefit of Widows & Orphans of deceased Soldiers. Dear Sir: Permit me to express through you, to the ladies of Louisville, and all over the North. my admiration of the patriotic steps taken by them to provide for the wants of those unfortunate women and children whos[e] natural protectors have offered up their lines a sacrifice for the preservation of our free and united government. On the 14th proximo I hope for them a happy day and large receipts. To further stimulate the loyal citizens of Louisville to attend, and patronize liberally, the Ladies' Fair, [2] on that day, I hope the most churning news may be heard, [struck: or that,] from all our Armies. This Army has rendered a good account of itself, in the last week, driving a big nail in the Coffin of rebellion.- Burnside, to last accounts, has held out manfully, for many days, against vastly superior forces, numerically, and already good news [struck: are] [inserted: is] beginning to be heard from the Army of the Potomoc. That like good news may be heard from all our other Armies is the earnest wish of your obt. svt. U.S. Grant Maj: Gen. U.S.A.

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