Henry Goodridge Speed

(1845-1864)

Story

Henry Goodridge Speed was killed at Battle of Reams Station August 21, 1864 during the American Civil War. He was buried in unmarked grave at Blandford Confederate Cemetery Virginia Military Institute classmate Charles D Walker states:

"Speed, with his usual generosity, immediately gave his furlough [to a fellow soldier who had received word his wife was dying], and it was while serving in this comrade's stead that he met his death, thus crowning a life of honor and nobility with an act of which an angel might be proud.""

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Henry Goodridge Speed was born on August 19, 1845, in Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC. He died on August 21, 1864, in the Civil War.

Places of Residence

• Rose Hill Plantation in Granville County, NC, from August 19, 1845.

Schools Attended

• Virginia Military Institute, from 1862.
• unknown. Henry Goodridge Speed attended an unknown school, as he was listed in the United States Census of 1860 [1] as  "in school."

Occupations

• Soldier. Henry Goodridge Speed served as a soldier in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. In 1863, he was in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry, by 1864 he served in the 1st North Carolina Cavalry.

Relatives

• Parents: John Joseph Speed (1803-1870) and Ann Strachan Jones (1808-1850).
• Paternal grandparent: John Henry Speed.
• Maternal grandparent: John Wesley Jones.
• Siblings:
  • three brothers, John Speed, Robert A. Speed (b. 1831) and John S. Speed (b. 1835).
  • five sisters, Rosalie Speed, Sallie Speed (b. 1833), Isabella Speed (b. 1841), Nannie Speed (b. 1848) and Jane Speed (1838-1878) .
• Others: S. Ida Speed (half-sister, b. 1860), Thomas G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1862), William Henry Speed (half-brother, b. 1865), James G. Speed (half-brother, b. 1868), Alfred Boyd (nephew, b. 1869), Bertie Boyd (nephew, b. 1873), Jennie Boyd (niece, b. 1868), Lizzie Boyd (niece, b. 1862), Mary Boyd (niece, b. 1870), Nannie Boyd (niece, b. 1865), Rosa Boyd (niece, b. 1871) and Willie Boyd (nephew, b. 1872).

References

1. United States Census of 1860.