Francis C. Beach – Captain, United States Army

Francis Beach of Connecticut
Appointed from Connecticut, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1853 (16)
Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Artillery, 1 July 1857
Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, 29 December 1857
First Lieutenant, 29 April 1861
Regimental Adjutant, 14 May to 30 December 1861
Captain, 14 August 1862
Colonel, 16th COnnecticut Volunteer Infantry, 24 August 1862
Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 24 June 1865
Breveted Major, 17 September 1862, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Antietam, Maryland
Breveted Lieuenant Colonel, 20 April 1864 for gallant and meritorious service during the siege of Plymouth, North Carolina
Retired 22 August 1871
Died 5 Febraury 1873

BEACH, FRANCIS
4TH U.S. ARTY

  • DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1903
  • BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 1401
    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

BEACH, FRANCIS C
CAPT 4TH US ARTY

  • DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1873
  • BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH  SITE LOT 1401
    ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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