Thomas Brooks Fairleigh Diary, 1864.

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Thomas Brooks Fairleigh Diary, 1864.

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Typescript of military diary, January 1 - June 7, 1864, kept by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B. Fairleigh, 26th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, USA. Fairleigh records his service as a member of a court martial; details of army life at Camp Nelson, Lexington, and Louisville; attendance at opera and theater performances; furloughs; the consolidation of the unit with the 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry; and resistance to the enlistment of black soldiers.

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Fairleigh, Thomas Brooks, 1837-1890.

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United States. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1864)

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Speed, James, 1812-1887

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James Speed was a friend and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln appointed him attorney general in 1864 and he supported Lincoln's moderate treatment of the southern states until Lincoln's death. He then became a radical republican who was a critic of Andrew Johnson. From the description of Speed, James 1812-1887 1863-1876 Papers. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49236177 Louisville lawyer, state legislator, politician, and U.S. attorney general. ...

United States. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1865)

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