Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Beatty, Samuel - Tennessee - 1863

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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Beatty, Samuel - Tennessee - 1863

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Samuel Beatty 1820-1885

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Beatty was born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, but was raised in Stark County, Ohio. He served as a lieutenant in the Third Ohio Infantry during the Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and then was the sheriff of Stark County in the late 1850s. When the Civil War erupted, he formed a volunteer unit that mustered in as Company A of the 19th Ohio Infantry—the "Canton Light Guards." Beatty was elected as the regiment's first colonel. After initial organization and training at the local fairgrou...