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John Yates Beall (January 1, 1835 – February 24, 1865) was a Confederate privateer in the American Civil War who was arrested as a spy in New York and executed at Fort Columbus on Governors Island. Early life and education
Late in the war he escaped a blockade of Virginia to aid his college friend John Yates Beall, who had been arrested as a spy. He left Richmond on January 1, 1865, and crossed the Potomac River through the ice in a small skiff. He was not allowed to assist in the defense of Beall by General John Adams Dix, and resided in Canada some months. [2]
Pages in category "People executed for spying for the Confederate States of America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Yates Beall (1835–1865), Confederate privateer in the American Civil War, arrested and executed as a spy J. Glenn Beall Jr. (1927–2006), American politician and businessman Johnny Beall (1882–1926), American baseball player
Confederate Signal Bureau; David Owen Dodd; Dr. William Joseph Heacker [3] Henry Thomas Harrison; James Dunwoody Bulloch; John Yates Beall; Richard Thomas (Zarvona) Sarah Ewing Sims Carter Gaut; Rose O'Neal Greenhow; Sarah Slater [4] [5] Thomas A. Jones; Thomas Harbin [6] Thomas Jordan; Virginia Bethel Moon; William Bryant; William Norris
His two brothers, Benjamin Lloyd Beall and John were to become officers and remain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He was a distant cousin of John Yates Beall, Confederate privateer and spy, executed during the Civil War. Beall graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1830.
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Captain USA, Brigadier General CSA; 2nd Seminole War and Mexican–American War; operated a pro-Southern spy network in Washington, D.C., prior to the American Civil War and turned control of it over to Rose O'Neal Greenhow after the war began; served as staff officer in the Western Theater and in the defense of Charleston; afterwards served as ...