COL Beaumont, Myron Holley, Sr.

Myron Holley Beaumont, Sr.
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Born: August 26, 1837

Birthplace: Lyons, New York

Father: Dr. Abram Lovett Beaumont 1797 – 1852

Mother: Clarissa Gregg Holley 1809 – 1893

1st​ Wife: Mary Gabriella Randolph 1850 – 1900

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

2nd​ Wife: Unknown

3rd​ Wife: Susie Davis 1870 –

4th​ Wife: Aneta Grier 1857 –

Children:

Myron Holley Beaumont Jr. 1866 – 1925​

(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Iowa)​

Occupation before War:

1856: Printer in Baltimore, Maryland​

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1856 – 1857: Served as Private in United States Army Mounted Rifles​

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1856 – 1857: Served with United States Army at Fort Union​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st​ and Quartermaster 3rd​ New Jersey Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Mustered out with 3rd​ New Jersey Infantry on July 31st​

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1861 – 1864: Major of 1st​ New Jersey Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Placed under arrest by Colonel William Halstead but released.​

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Often absent on medical leave due to chronic diarrhea and Malaria​

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1863: Took over command of regiment after Battle of Brandy Station​

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1863: Commander of 1st​ New Jersey Cavalry Regiment at Gettysburg. Led his men at Gettysburg who were mounted and dismounted.​

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1864 – 1865: Lt. Colonel of 1st​ New Jersey Cavalry Regiment​

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1865: Wounded in the left leg at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia​

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1865: Colonel of 1st​ New Jersey Cavalry Regiment​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on July 24th​​

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Awarded a military pension of $30.00 a month for his injury.​

Occupation after War:

Newspaper Editor in New York​

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1873: Divorced his first Wife and disappeared into the west​

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Editor of the Coos Bay News Newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon​

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Pension Broker in San Francisco, California​

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He assumed the alias Thomas B. Edwards who was a cook in Ukiah, California​

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Partner in the Bank Exchange Saloon in Ukiah, California​

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Member of the Literary Union​

Died: February 5, 1878

Place of Death: Ukiah, California

Cause of Death: Committed Suicide by taking Morphine

Age at time of Death: 40 years old

Burial Place: Ukiah Cemetery, Ukiah, California

 

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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Col. Myron Beaumont, 1st New Jersey Cavalry
Joseph G. Bilby
Military Images
Vol. 11, No. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue: 1979-1989 (July-August 1989), pp. 8-9 (2 pages)
Published by: Ronald S. Coddington

https://www.jstor.org/stable/44032162

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Before becoming Major of the1st New Jersey Cavalry Beaumont was Lt. and Quartermaster of the 3rd New Jersey Militia.It was a 90 day regiment and saw no fighting at Bull Run as it was a reserve unit.

 

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He commanded the 1st New Jersey Cavalry at Gettysburg because the regiments colonel, Percy Wyndham, was wounded at Brandy Station earlier.

 

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In spring of 1874 Beaumont and his first wife, Mary, divorced. Part of the divorce settlement was that Beaumont couldn't remarry as long as Mary was alive.Mary lived until 1900 but Beaumont married at least 3 more times.