★  Beatty, Samuel

Samuel Beatty

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Born:
December 16, 1820

Birthplace: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

Father:
John Beatty 1783 – 1878
(Buried: Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​

Mother: Christina Powell 1796 – 1892
(Buried: Mudbrook Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​

Wife: Susan Val Lier Graham 1837 – 1881
(Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​

Children:

Mary Frances Beatty Cleveland 1865 – 1946​
(Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​
George Hamilton Beatty 1866 – 1867​
(Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​
Caroline Beatty 1869 – 1870​
(Buried: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio)​

Occupation before War:

1846 – 1848: Served in the Mexican – American War rising to Lt.​
Sheriff of Stark County, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: Helped form Company A 19th Ohio Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 19th Ohio Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the Battle of Rich Mountain, Western Virginia​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Infantry​
Acted as Division Commander at Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​
1863: Received commendation for the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia​
1864: Brigade Commander during the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign​
1866: Brevetted to the rank of Major General by President Johnson​
The Brevet grade made him the highest-ranking officer from Stark Co.​
1866: Mustered out of volunteer service on January 15th

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Jackson Township, Ohio​

Died: May 26, 1885

Place of Death:
Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Massillon City Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio
 
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The obit presented in post #3 by Hartwell from the Canton Repository nicely describes Beatty's role in the Battle of Rich Mountain and most subsequent roles in command of various units during the war. However, it doesn't mention some of his last experiences of the war.

Samuel Beatty was in command of a brigade during the occupation of Texas by the 4th Corps in the fall of 1865. Having to serve more time in Texas, morale was low among the men. It seemed like going from "Purgatory into Hell." Sergeant Christian Lenker of the 19th Ohio describes the situation as Beatty was preparing to leave Texas with two wagons and thirty men. They planned to go through Indian Territory, hunting and fishing until they got to St. Louis where they were to go by rail to Canton, Ohio.

"Before he left, he reviewed the brigade. He rode along the line twice, then the brigade passed him in review. He sat upon his horse in the hot sun with his hat off, until the whole brigade passed him. The regimental officers told the men that they were to give three cheers, for "Old Sam" before he left for his and our homes. He rode to the center of the brigade and took off his hat, for the salute to the men. The colonels said "Three cheers for General Beatty," but the men of the 19th and the 41st stood silent and motionless as statues. So you can see how the men feel against some of the officers for grievances, justly or unjustly.

General Beatty must have felt badly, some say he cried. I do not know whether that was so or not. . . . It looks pretty rough, when a general's old regiment refuses to give him as much as a parting cheer, after serving under him for over three years, nevertheless, he made the regiment, and taught them discipline, obedience and to face the enemy and stand up in battle, without flinching."

From Rich Mountain to Texas is a commendable service for a volunteer in the Civil War. Beatty was on the field during the entire war, it seems, except from March 1864 through the Atlanta Campaign while he was on medical leave for an attack of rheumatism on his left side. He returned to active duty in December 1864 to lead the 3rd Division at the Battle of Nashville. (Even though the obit mentions the advance on Atlanta.)

Lenker's observations are recorded in The Civil War Memoir of Sgt. Christian Lenker, 19th Ohio Volunteers, edited by Judith A. Kennedy and Michael Barton. (Xlibris, PDF file.) Of particular interest are his experiences as a quartermaster in the latter parts of the Civil War.
 
While technically still a colonel, Beatty took command of Gen. Horatio Van Cleve's division when Van Cleve was wounded at Stone's River.His promotion to brigadier was backdated to November 29, 1862 but he was still a colonel at the time.
 
The obit presented in post #3 by Hartwell from the Canton Repository nicely describes Beatty's role in the Battle of Rich Mountain and most subsequent roles in command of various units during the war. However, it doesn't mention some of his last experiences of the war.

Samuel Beatty was in command of a brigade during the occupation of Texas by the 4th Corps in the fall of 1865. Having to serve more time in Texas, morale was low among the men. It seemed like going from "Purgatory into Hell." Sergeant Christian Lenker of the 19th Ohio describes the situation as Beatty was preparing to leave Texas with two wagons and thirty men. They planned to go through Indian Territory, hunting and fishing until they got to St. Louis where they were to go by rail to Canton, Ohio.

"Before he left, he reviewed the brigade. He rode along the line twice, then the brigade passed him in review. He sat upon his horse in the hot sun with his hat off, until the whole brigade passed him. The regimental officers told the men that they were to give three cheers, for "Old Sam" before he left for his and our homes. He rode to the center of the brigade and took off his hat, for the salute to the men. The colonels said "Three cheers for General Beatty," but the men of the 19th and the 41st stood silent and motionless as statues. So you can see how the men feel against some of the officers for grievances, justly or unjustly.

General Beatty must have felt badly, some say he cried. I do not know whether that was so or not. . . . It looks pretty rough, when a general's old regiment refuses to give him as much as a parting cheer, after serving under him for over three years, nevertheless, he made the regiment, and taught them discipline, obedience and to face the enemy and stand up in battle, without flinching."

From Rich Mountain to Texas is a commendable service for a volunteer in the Civil War. Beatty was on the field during the entire war, it seems, except from March 1864 through the Atlanta Campaign while he was on medical leave for an attack of rheumatism on his left side. He returned to active duty in December 1864 to lead the 3rd Division at the Battle of Nashville. (Even though the obit mentions the advance on Atlanta.)

Lenker's observations are recorded in The Civil War Memoir of Sgt. Christian Lenker, 19th Ohio Volunteers, edited by Judith A. Kennedy and Michael Barton. (Xlibris, PDF file.) Of particular interest are his experiences as a quartermaster in the latter parts of the Civil War.
Tough to read that.

So I looked into my Perryville book, to see if I could gather any insight into the man. But at Perryville, it looks like his brigade was not engaged- so little mention.

The 3rd Ohio commanded by John Beatty suffered 38% casualties. Were they brothers?
 
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