Lloyd J. Beall
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Born | Fort Adams, Rhode Island | October 19, 1808
Died | November 10, 1887 Richmond, Virginia | (aged 79)
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Commands held | Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps |
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Lloyd James Beall (October 19, 1808 – November 10, 1887) was a senior officer of the Confederate States Marine Corps who attained the rank of colonel and served as the Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps from May 23, 1861, to April 9, 1865.
Early life and career
Lloyd James Beall was born at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, the son of Brevet Major Lloyd Beall of the United States Army, cousin of George Beall, and descendant of Ninian Beall, immigrant to Maryland from Scotland. His father, Lloyd Beall, was wounded at Germantown during the Revolution, served as mayor of Georgetown, D.C., from 1797 to 1799, and in 1814 during the War of 1812 was a Major of Artillery[1] stationed at Fort McHenry near Baltimore. Lloyd James Beall's mother was Elizabeth Waugh Jones, daughter of Hon. Thomas Jones of Patapsco Neck, Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals (1778–1806). His two brothers, Benjamin Lloyd Beall and John were to become officers and remain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He was a distant cousin of John Yates Beall, Confederate privateer and spy, executed during the Civil War.
Beall graduated from the
A summary of Beall's U.S. Army career follows:[3] Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1826, to July 1, 1830, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1830; Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1830, Served on frontier duty, at Ft. Winnebago, Wisconsin, 1831, and Ft. Armstrong, Illinois, 1831–32; in the
American Civil War
Siding with the Confederate States of America, Beall tendered his resignation and headed south. Beall was appointed a colonel in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. On May 23, 1861, the Secretary of the Confederate States Navy, Stephen Mallory, appointed Beall as Colonel Commandant of the Marine Corps, the only person to hold that position, and Beall served in that capacity throughout the war.
As an administrator during the war, Beall's military knowledge and experience remained an untapped resource. He worked hard to have the Confederate Marine Corps receive the personnel, supplies and other benefits accorded to other branches of the military. The training of officers and enlisted Marines took place at the Marines' Barrack's Camp Beall, just a short distance south of
Thanks, in part, to Beall's efforts, the Confederate Marines, called the "Rebel Leathernecks",[4] gained a reputation for distinguished combat service, on the sea and land.
Later life
Beall married Frances Duncan Hayne, daughter of
After the Civil War, Beall lived in Richmond, Virginia,[5][6] and became a merchant, Alderman of the city of Richmond and Superintendent of the Westmoreland Club.[7] Beall kept most of the Confederate States Marine Corps records at his home. Much of the CSMC history, along with Beall's personal history during the war, was destroyed in a fire at his Richmond home in 1887.
Beall died in Richmond on November 10, 1887, at age 79. He is interred in the city's Hollywood Cemetery.[8]
References
- ^ "1st Battalion, 2d Air Defense Artillery". Archived from the original on 2002-09-17.
- ^ 1860 U.S. Federal Census, St. Louis Co., MO, St. Louis Ward 6, June 20, sht. 43, p. 309, line 4.
- ^ "Lloyd J. Beall". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
- ^ Donnelly, Ralph W.(1989). "The Confederate States Marine Corps: The Rebel Leathernecks"
- ^ 1870 Henrico Co., VA, U.S. Federal Census, Madison Ward City of Richmond, August 12, sht. 19, p. 90 A, line 1
- ^ 1880 Henrico Co., VA, U.S. Federal Census, Richmond City, 512 E. High St., June 10, Enumeration Dist. 83, sht. 49, p. 169 A, line 43
- ^ "Westmoreland Club | Virginia Historical Society". www.vahistorical.org. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23.
- ^ "Lloyd J. Beall • Cullum's Register • 611".