Speed S. Fry
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Speed Smith Fry was a lawyer, judge, and a United States Army officer during the Mexican–American War and American Civil War.
Col. Speed S. Fry
Battle of Mill Springs
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The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek in the Confederacy, and the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads or Battle of Somerset in the Union, was fought in Wayne and Pulaski coun
Speed S. Fry
…4th Kentucky Infantry at Camp Dick Robinson and on October 9, 1861, he was appointed colonel of the regiment. Fry led his regiment into action at the Battle of Mill Springs on January 19, 1862. During the battle the fighting became disorganized and Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer rode up to Fry's regiment thinking…
Battle of Somerset, or Mill Spring Harper's Weekly, February 8 1862
Shooting of Confederate general Zollicoffer by Colonel Fry