Son of Jesse Beckham and Susan Griffin. George was 10th of 14 children of Jesse and Susan.
Private, Co.H, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Was killed in action during the Cross Keys Campaign.
George and 3 of his brothers; James, Jesse and John E., joined the Army. John E. Beckham died from disease at Ferguson's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, and buried in Old City Cemetery on June 14, 1862. His FindAGrave memorial is # 17192363.
Below are the overviews of battles fought by the 21st Regiment (nps.gov):
OVERVIEW: 21st Infantry Regiment, assembled at Richmond, Virginia, during June and July, 1861, recruited its members in Campbell, Floyd, Fulton, Polk, Gordon, Troup, Dale, Stewart, and Chattooga counties. In May, 1862, Company E was transferred to the cavalry. The regiment operated with nine companies from that time until the latter part of 1864 when another Company E was assigned. During the war it served under the command of Generals Trimble, Hoke, Doles, and Cook. The 21st participated in Jackson's Valley Campaign and fought in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Mine Run. Later it was engaged at Roanoke Island, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. It had 4 killed and 23 wounded at Cross Keys and 20 killed, 80 wounded, and 11 missing at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill. The unit lost seventy-six percent of the 242 engaged at Second Manassas and about ten percent of the 287 at Gettysburg . Only 7 officers and 50 men surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Thomas W. Hooper and John T. Mercer, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Glover and J.J. Morrison, and Major Michael Lynch.
CROSS KEYS CAMPAIGN
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
Dates: March-June 1862
PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS: Major General John Frémont [US] Lieutenant General Richard Ewell [CS]
FORCES ENGAGED: 17300 total (US 11500; CS est.)
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES: 972 total (US 684; CS 288)
DESCRIPTION: Moving up the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of Jackson's army, Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army encountered Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division at Cross Keys on June 8. Brig. Gen. Julius Stahel's brigade, attacking on the Union left, was stunned by a surprise volley from Trimble's command and driven back in confusion. After feeling out other parts of the Confederate line, Frémont withdrew to the Keezletown Road under protection of his batteries. The next day, Trimble's and Patton's brigades held Frémont at bay, while the rest of Ewell's force crossed the river to assist in the defeat of Brig. Gen. E. Tyler's command at Port Republic.
RESULTS:Confederate Victory
In the early afternoon of February 26, 1864, Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer and between 1,000 to 3,000 Union soldiers advanced towards Charlottesville. This raid was an attempt by the Union to divert attention toward Charlottesville while a separate attempt was made to free prisoners of war being held in Richmond.
Custer's orders were to destroy a railroad bridge across the Rivanna River. His only opposition came from Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces commanded by Capt. R. Preston Chew and Captain Marcellus N. Moorman. The Federal troopers looted the camp and set fire to it, after capturing two Confederate soldiers. During the raid, one of the Confederate artillery pieces exploded, and Custer became confused believing that the explosion was actually the reopening of enemy artillery fire. His men fired into each other and then fled from the camp. The Confederate troops regrouped and chased Custer out of Albemarle.
Custer and Philip Sheridan returned to Charlottesville in 1865 and looked after the town from March 3 to March 7, a month before the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox.
Private, Co.H, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Was killed in action during the Cross Keys Campaign.
George and 3 of his brothers; James, Jesse and John E., joined the Army. John E. Beckham died from disease at Ferguson's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, and buried in Old City Cemetery on June 14, 1862. His FindAGrave memorial is # 17192363.
Below are the overviews of battles fought by the 21st Regiment (nps.gov):
OVERVIEW: 21st Infantry Regiment, assembled at Richmond, Virginia, during June and July, 1861, recruited its members in Campbell, Floyd, Fulton, Polk, Gordon, Troup, Dale, Stewart, and Chattooga counties. In May, 1862, Company E was transferred to the cavalry. The regiment operated with nine companies from that time until the latter part of 1864 when another Company E was assigned. During the war it served under the command of Generals Trimble, Hoke, Doles, and Cook. The 21st participated in Jackson's Valley Campaign and fought in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Mine Run. Later it was engaged at Roanoke Island, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. It had 4 killed and 23 wounded at Cross Keys and 20 killed, 80 wounded, and 11 missing at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill. The unit lost seventy-six percent of the 242 engaged at Second Manassas and about ten percent of the 287 at Gettysburg . Only 7 officers and 50 men surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Thomas W. Hooper and John T. Mercer, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Glover and J.J. Morrison, and Major Michael Lynch.
CROSS KEYS CAMPAIGN
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
Dates: March-June 1862
PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS: Major General John Frémont [US] Lieutenant General Richard Ewell [CS]
FORCES ENGAGED: 17300 total (US 11500; CS est.)
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES: 972 total (US 684; CS 288)
DESCRIPTION: Moving up the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of Jackson's army, Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army encountered Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division at Cross Keys on June 8. Brig. Gen. Julius Stahel's brigade, attacking on the Union left, was stunned by a surprise volley from Trimble's command and driven back in confusion. After feeling out other parts of the Confederate line, Frémont withdrew to the Keezletown Road under protection of his batteries. The next day, Trimble's and Patton's brigades held Frémont at bay, while the rest of Ewell's force crossed the river to assist in the defeat of Brig. Gen. E. Tyler's command at Port Republic.
RESULTS:Confederate Victory
In the early afternoon of February 26, 1864, Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer and between 1,000 to 3,000 Union soldiers advanced towards Charlottesville. This raid was an attempt by the Union to divert attention toward Charlottesville while a separate attempt was made to free prisoners of war being held in Richmond.
Custer's orders were to destroy a railroad bridge across the Rivanna River. His only opposition came from Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces commanded by Capt. R. Preston Chew and Captain Marcellus N. Moorman. The Federal troopers looted the camp and set fire to it, after capturing two Confederate soldiers. During the raid, one of the Confederate artillery pieces exploded, and Custer became confused believing that the explosion was actually the reopening of enemy artillery fire. His men fired into each other and then fled from the camp. The Confederate troops regrouped and chased Custer out of Albemarle.
Custer and Philip Sheridan returned to Charlottesville in 1865 and looked after the town from March 3 to March 7, a month before the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox.
Son of Jesse Beckham and Susan Griffin. George was 10th of 14 children of Jesse and Susan.
Private, Co.H, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Was killed in action during the Cross Keys Campaign.
George and 3 of his brothers; James, Jesse and John E., joined the Army. John E. Beckham died from disease at Ferguson's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, and buried in Old City Cemetery on June 14, 1862. His FindAGrave memorial is # 17192363.
Below are the overviews of battles fought by the 21st Regiment (nps.gov):
OVERVIEW: 21st Infantry Regiment, assembled at Richmond, Virginia, during June and July, 1861, recruited its members in Campbell, Floyd, Fulton, Polk, Gordon, Troup, Dale, Stewart, and Chattooga counties. In May, 1862, Company E was transferred to the cavalry. The regiment operated with nine companies from that time until the latter part of 1864 when another Company E was assigned. During the war it served under the command of Generals Trimble, Hoke, Doles, and Cook. The 21st participated in Jackson's Valley Campaign and fought in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Mine Run. Later it was engaged at Roanoke Island, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. It had 4 killed and 23 wounded at Cross Keys and 20 killed, 80 wounded, and 11 missing at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill. The unit lost seventy-six percent of the 242 engaged at Second Manassas and about ten percent of the 287 at Gettysburg . Only 7 officers and 50 men surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Thomas W. Hooper and John T. Mercer, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Glover and J.J. Morrison, and Major Michael Lynch.
CROSS KEYS CAMPAIGN
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
Dates: March-June 1862
PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS: Major General John Frémont [US] Lieutenant General Richard Ewell [CS]
FORCES ENGAGED: 17300 total (US 11500; CS est.)
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES: 972 total (US 684; CS 288)
DESCRIPTION: Moving up the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of Jackson's army, Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army encountered Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division at Cross Keys on June 8. Brig. Gen. Julius Stahel's brigade, attacking on the Union left, was stunned by a surprise volley from Trimble's command and driven back in confusion. After feeling out other parts of the Confederate line, Frémont withdrew to the Keezletown Road under protection of his batteries. The next day, Trimble's and Patton's brigades held Frémont at bay, while the rest of Ewell's force crossed the river to assist in the defeat of Brig. Gen. E. Tyler's command at Port Republic.
RESULTS:Confederate Victory
In the early afternoon of February 26, 1864, Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer and between 1,000 to 3,000 Union soldiers advanced towards Charlottesville. This raid was an attempt by the Union to divert attention toward Charlottesville while a separate attempt was made to free prisoners of war being held in Richmond.
Custer's orders were to destroy a railroad bridge across the Rivanna River. His only opposition came from Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces commanded by Capt. R. Preston Chew and Captain Marcellus N. Moorman. The Federal troopers looted the camp and set fire to it, after capturing two Confederate soldiers. During the raid, one of the Confederate artillery pieces exploded, and Custer became confused believing that the explosion was actually the reopening of enemy artillery fire. His men fired into each other and then fled from the camp. The Confederate troops regrouped and chased Custer out of Albemarle.
Custer and Philip Sheridan returned to Charlottesville in 1865 and looked after the town from March 3 to March 7, a month before the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox.
Private, Co.H, 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Was killed in action during the Cross Keys Campaign.
George and 3 of his brothers; James, Jesse and John E., joined the Army. John E. Beckham died from disease at Ferguson's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, and buried in Old City Cemetery on June 14, 1862. His FindAGrave memorial is # 17192363.
Below are the overviews of battles fought by the 21st Regiment (nps.gov):
OVERVIEW: 21st Infantry Regiment, assembled at Richmond, Virginia, during June and July, 1861, recruited its members in Campbell, Floyd, Fulton, Polk, Gordon, Troup, Dale, Stewart, and Chattooga counties. In May, 1862, Company E was transferred to the cavalry. The regiment operated with nine companies from that time until the latter part of 1864 when another Company E was assigned. During the war it served under the command of Generals Trimble, Hoke, Doles, and Cook. The 21st participated in Jackson's Valley Campaign and fought in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Mine Run. Later it was engaged at Roanoke Island, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. It had 4 killed and 23 wounded at Cross Keys and 20 killed, 80 wounded, and 11 missing at Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill. The unit lost seventy-six percent of the 242 engaged at Second Manassas and about ten percent of the 287 at Gettysburg . Only 7 officers and 50 men surrendered in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Thomas W. Hooper and John T. Mercer, Lieutenant Colonels Thomas C. Glover and J.J. Morrison, and Major Michael Lynch.
CROSS KEYS CAMPAIGN
Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign
Dates: March-June 1862
PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS: Major General John Frémont [US] Lieutenant General Richard Ewell [CS]
FORCES ENGAGED: 17300 total (US 11500; CS est.)
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES: 972 total (US 684; CS 288)
DESCRIPTION: Moving up the Shenandoah Valley in pursuit of Jackson's army, Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army encountered Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division at Cross Keys on June 8. Brig. Gen. Julius Stahel's brigade, attacking on the Union left, was stunned by a surprise volley from Trimble's command and driven back in confusion. After feeling out other parts of the Confederate line, Frémont withdrew to the Keezletown Road under protection of his batteries. The next day, Trimble's and Patton's brigades held Frémont at bay, while the rest of Ewell's force crossed the river to assist in the defeat of Brig. Gen. E. Tyler's command at Port Republic.
RESULTS:Confederate Victory
In the early afternoon of February 26, 1864, Union Brig. Gen. George A. Custer and between 1,000 to 3,000 Union soldiers advanced towards Charlottesville. This raid was an attempt by the Union to divert attention toward Charlottesville while a separate attempt was made to free prisoners of war being held in Richmond.
Custer's orders were to destroy a railroad bridge across the Rivanna River. His only opposition came from Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's "Horse Company" and Confederate infantrymen stationed in a camp near the Rivanna River at Carrsbrook. Custer's men raided the camp under fire from Confederate forces commanded by Capt. R. Preston Chew and Captain Marcellus N. Moorman. The Federal troopers looted the camp and set fire to it, after capturing two Confederate soldiers. During the raid, one of the Confederate artillery pieces exploded, and Custer became confused believing that the explosion was actually the reopening of enemy artillery fire. His men fired into each other and then fled from the camp. The Confederate troops regrouped and chased Custer out of Albemarle.
Custer and Philip Sheridan returned to Charlottesville in 1865 and looked after the town from March 3 to March 7, a month before the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appomattox.
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