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 Posted: 5 August 2005