Name: Alexander G BeattyResidence: Age at Enlistment: 18Enlistment Date: 19 Aug 1861Rank at enlistment: PrivateState Served: IowaWas Wounded?: YesSurvived the War?: YesService Record: Enlisted in Company D, Iowa 9th Infantry Regiment on 02 Sep 1861.Mustered out on 23 Aug 1862 at St Louis, MO.Birth Date: 17 Nov 1842Death Date: 5 Oct 1928Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of RebellionIowa Department of the Grand Army of the RepublicBiography: ALEXANDER G. BEATTY Alexander G. Beatty, a veteran and son of a veteran, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 17, 1842. In 1850 his family came to Iowa and he acquired his early education in a log schoolhouse, in Jones County. Later he was a student at Hopkinton Seminary. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company D, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded twenty three times in service. At the Battle of Pea Ridge his right arm was badly shattered, and for sixteen hours he lay on the battlefield without medical aid. In August, 1862, he was honorably discharged because of wounds. His military career at an end, he followed agricultural pursuits in Jones and Buchanan counties until 1882 when he moved to Independence to engage in the real estate and insurance business. There he was interested always in local affairs -- serving as justice of the peace, overseer of the poor, and Republican party committeeman. For more than a decade he served as Commander of E. C. Little Post No. 54, Grand Army of the Republic. At the Forty fifth Annual State Encampment of the Grand Army, held at Cedar Rapids in 1919, Comrade Beatty was elected Department Commander. Whether in office or out, he was always interested in the cause of the veterans, and worked for their best interests. He lived until October 5, 1928, attaining the ripe old age of eighty six. Source: The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic page 143