Edward Griffin Beckwith
Edward Griffin Beckwith | |
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Born | |
Died | June 22, 1881 | (aged 62)
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | Soldier and explorer |
Edward Griffin Beckwith (June 25, 1818 – June 22, 1881) was a United States Army officer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and who conducted one of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in the 1850s and became known as the "Explorer of the Central Rockies".[1]
Biography
Beckwith was born on June 25, 1818 (some report a January birthdate
He served in
Beckwith was promoted captain May 12, 1855, and served during the American Civil War in the commissary department from 1861 to 1865, with the exception of a few weeks in 1863, when he acted as provost-marshal-general of the department of the Gulf, and again when placed for a short time (August 1863 – January 1864) in command of the defenses of New Orleans. On February 8, 1864, he was promoted major, and on March 13, 1865, was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general of volunteers. He continued in the service of the commissary department until he was mustered out on May 31, 1866.[8]
Personal life
Beckwith married Cornelia Williamson (1828–1911), with whom he had a daughter, Madeline Julia Beckwith (1852–1935). He died at
See also
References
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: John Howard Brown's Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States, 1900
- ^ ISBN 9780874804256, archived from the originalon March 21, 2024, retrieved April 21, 2024
- ISBN 978-0-87726-002-8. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Edward Griffin Beckwith". Nevada Riches: The Land and People of the Silver State. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-912111-38-4. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-87062-311-0. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909). Herringshaw's national library of American biography: contains thirty-five thousand biographies of the acknowledged leaders of life and thought of the United States; illustrated with three thousand vignette portraits. American Publishers' Association. p. 282. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Nevada Historical Society (1 January 2007). Nevada Historical Society quarterly. The Society. p. 10. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Brown, John Howard (1900). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. James H. Lamb Company. pp. 245–. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Burial Detail: Beckwith, Edward G (Section 3, Grave 1922) – ANC Explorer
External links
- Edward Griffin Beckwith at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website