Speed, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, genealogist, historian, was born Nov. 26, 1841, in Bardstown, Ky. He attended Centre and Hanover colleges. In 1862 he joined the union army as a private; was made first lieutenant and then adjutant of the regiment, twelfth Kentucky veteran infantry; and also served on brigade staff.
He was in the siege of Knoxville, Bean's Station, the various battles of the Atlanta campaign, Columbia, Franklin, Nashville, and the taking of Fort Anderson, and Wilmington, N. C. After the war he studied law at the Michigan university, and has ever since practiced his profession in Louisville, Ky. He is the author of The Wilderness Road; The Political Club; History of the Union Regiments of Kentucky; The Speed Family; and other works.