Autograph letter signed : [Mill Springs, Ky.], to [his wife], [Danville, Ky.?], 1862 Jan. 20.

Autograph letter signed : [Mill Springs, Ky.], to [his wife], [Danville, Ky.?], 1862 Jan. 20.

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Author / Creator:Fry, Speed Smith
Description:1 item (6 p.) ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Fry, Speed Smith
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, -- 1812-1862
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, -- 1812-1862.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Kentucky.
United States.
Letters (correspondence).
History.
Personal narratives.
Format: Print Archives/Manuscripts
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4709469
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Other authors / contributors:Butler-Gunsaulus Collection (University of Chicago. Library)
Notes:Forms part of the Butler-Gunsaulus Collection.
Summary:Colonel Fry, a Federal officer during the Civil War, writes about the Union victory at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January, 1862. Fry describes how he mistook the Confederate general Zollicoffer for a Union officer, who, in turn appeared to have taken Fry for a Confederate officer. Upon realizing his mistake, Fry shot Zollicoffer dead. Mill Springs is also known as Logan's Cross-Roads and Fishing Creek.

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