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2LT Zachariah Calvin Beckham Veteran

Birth: 1824
Tennessee, USA
Death: 17 Jan 1864 (aged 39–40)
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Walnut Cemetery

Walnut, Newton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 11401659 View Source

Zackariah Calvin Beckham was born in 1824 in Tennessee. Zackariah moved to Arkansas and married Elizabeth Casey in 1843 in Parthenon, Newton County. They had thirteen children. When the war came, Zackariah enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company K of Hill's Arkansas Cavalry. He enlisted on June 7th, 1863 at Clarksville, and served until he was wounded in the right leg at the battle of Pilot Knob, Missouri on September 27th, 1864. He was captured and sent to the Yankee prison at Alton, Illinois. Zackariah died there from 'gunshot wound/disease' on January 17th, 1865. This marker is probably a cenotaph. Likely, Zackariah was buried near the prison, but it is possible that his family retrieved his remains and returned him to Walnut Cemetery.
- Travis Holt
Added: Apr. 20, 2014

Zackariah Calvin Beckham was born in 1824 in Tennessee. Zackariah moved to Arkansas and married Elizabeth Casey in 1843 in Parthenon, Newton County. They had thirteen children. When the war came, Zackariah enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company K of Hill's Arkansas Cavalry. He enlisted on June 7th, 1863 at Clarksville, and served until he was wounded in the right leg at the battle of Pilot Knob, Missouri on September 27th, 1864. He was captured and sent to the Yankee prison at Alton, Illinois. Zackariah died there from 'gunshot wound/disease' on January 17th, 1865. This marker is probably a cenotaph. Likely, Zackariah was buried near the prison, but it is possible that his family retrieved his remains and returned him to Walnut Cemetery.
- Travis Holt
Added: Apr. 20, 2014

Inscription

2D LIEUT CO K COL HILLS REGT CSA

Gravesite Details

this is a more modern military stone

Family Members

Spouse

Elizabeth M. Casey Beckham

1825–1909

Children

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Maintained by: Ancestral Sleuth
Originally Created by: Rosa Cline
Added: Jul 22, 2005
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11401659/zachariah_calvin-beckham: accessed ), memorial page for 2LT Zachariah Calvin Beckham (1824–17 Jan 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11401659, citing Walnut Cemetery, Walnut, Newton County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Ancestral Sleuth (contributor 48171177).

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