Beckwith, E. G. (Edward Griffin), 1818-1881

Edward Griffin Beckwith, (1818-1881), U.S. Army officer. In 1849-1855, he served in the New Mexico Territory. In 1853, following the death of John Williams Gunnison, he was assigned to complete the Central Pacific Railroad survey. During the Civil War, he served as chief of Commissariat for the Dept. of Pennsylvania (1861), of the Shenandoah, of the 5th Army Corps (1862), of the Army of Virginia (1862), Banks' Red River Expedition, and of the of the Gulf (1862-1865). He was promoted to Major and brevetted Brigadier-General. After the war he remained in the Army and served in the Subsistence Department.

In 1850, Beckwith married Cornelia Williamson Beckwith. Their only daughter Nelly married Rear Admiral Charles Eben Fox (1851-1916), son of John Lawrence Fox.

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