John Beatty (Ohio)

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name=John Beatty


width=200px
state=Ohio
district=8th
party=Republican
term=February 5, 1868–March 3, 1873
preceded=Cornelius S. Hamilton
succeeded=William Lawrence
date of birth=birth date|1828|12|16|mf=y
place of birth=Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1914|12|4|1828|12|16|mf=y
place of death=Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
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profession=Politician, Banker
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John Beatty (December 16, 1828 – December 4, 1914) was an American banker and statesman from Ohio. He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Beatty was born near Sandusky, Ohio. He entered the banking business in Morrow County.

When the Civil War started Beatty volunteered as a private in the 3rd Ohio Infantry, serving in western Virginia. By 1863, he was commissioned as a brigadier general following his distinguished service in the Tullahoma Campaign and the Battle of Stones River. He took command of a brigade of infantry and led it through the rest of the war. Beatty participated in the Tullahoma Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga, and the successful Union attack on Missionary Ridge during the Chattanooga Campaign.

He mustered out following the collapse of the Confederacy in 1865.

Following the war, he represented Ohio in the U.S. Congress from 1868 to 1873.

Beatty was buried in Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky.

ee also

*List of American Civil War generals

References

External links

CongBio|B000283 Retrieved on 2008-02-12
*findagrave|5893515 Retrieved on 2008-02-12

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