John Beatty (December 16, 1828December 21, 1914) was an
American
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banker and statesman from
Sandusky, Ohio
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. He served as a
brigadier general in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War.
Biography
Beatty was born near
Sandusky, Ohio
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. He entered the banking business in
Morrow County.
[Beatty, John, ''The Citizen Soldier'', Time-Life Books reprint of 1879 edition. Reprinted in 2007 by Gardners Books. , ] Presidential elector for
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in 1860 and in 1884.
When the Civil War started Beatty volunteered as a
private
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in the
3rd Ohio Infantry
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, serving in
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. By 1863, he was commissioned as a brigadier general following his distinguished service in the
Battle of Perryville, the
Battle of Stones River, and the
Tullahoma Campaign. He took command of a
brigade of
infantry and led it through the rest of the war. Beatty participated in the Tullahoma Campaign, the
Battle of Chickamauga, and the successful Union attack on
Missionary Ridge
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during the
Chattanooga Campaign.
He resigned his commission in January 1864 and re-entered the banking business.
Following the war, he represented Ohio in the
U.S. Congress from 1868 to 1873.
He served as a
presidential elector in
1884
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London.
* January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...
for the
Blaine/
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ticket.
A 1909 biographer wrote that Beatty "is the sole survivor of the electoral college of Ohio, which cast its vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and as far as known, the only surviving elector who cast a vote for President Lincoln when he was chosen to his first term almost a half century ago."
Beatty was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky.
Autobiography
Beatty wrote ''The citizen-soldier, or, Memoirs of a volunteer'', Cincinnati : Wilstach, Baldwin, 1879. The book has been reprinted more than once.
See also
*
List of American Civil War generals (Union)
Union generals
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Notes
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References
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* Retrieved on 2008-02-12
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External links
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The Citizen-Soldier by John Beattyat
Project Gutenberg
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1828 births
1914 deaths
People of Ohio in the American Civil War
Union Army generals
Politicians from Sandusky, Ohio
1860 United States presidential electors
19th-century American politicians
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
1884 United States presidential electors