Frederic and William Speed papers 1857-1874 Speed, Frederic and William papers

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Frederic and William Speed papers 1857-1874 Speed, Frederic and William papers

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2161spe?rgn=main;view=text

The Frederic and William Speed papers contain letters written by Frederic Speed who served in the 5th and 13th Maine Infantry Regiments and as assistant adjutant general, and his brother, William Speed of the 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment, who was mortally wounded on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

224 items

eng,

William L. Clements Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6391226

William L. Clements Library

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6th8pwd (person)

Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz5cdh (person)

Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...

Weitzel, Godfrey, 1835-1884.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf40p7 (person)

Speed, William, 1832-1863.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d80dmb (person)

Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj1hsc (person)

Graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1836 and appointed Brigadier General May 1861. From the description of Letters, May 24, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801940 Thomas West Sherman was a U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the U.S. Civil War. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1836, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery and played a significant...

Speed, Frederick, 1841-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc707r (person)

Speed family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c39tn4 (family)

Speed, William Rank : Capt. Regiment : 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Company D. (1862-1865) Service : 1862-1863 July 1 Speed, Frederic Rank : Adj. Regiment : 13th Maine Infantry Regiment. Companies F and S. (1861-1865) Service : 1861 April 24-1866 September William Speed was born March 27, 1832, the second child of John James Speed (ca. 1803-1867), who was an executive of the American ...