He is the husband of Martha Beasley.
He served in the U. S. Military during the Civil War. He was assigned as a Private to Company G, 22nd Iowa Infantry.
Civil War Veteran
Co G 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Name: Beasley, William L.
Age: 42
Residence: Iowa City, Iowa
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Enlisted: 11 August 1862
Mustered in: 26 August 1862
Promoted: Corporal 26 November 1862
Promoted: Sergeant 1 September 1863
Reduced to ranks: 1 January 1864
Mustered out: 25 July 25 1865, Savannah, Georgia.
Mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well fortified Fort Beauregard at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek as well as many other skirmishes less well known.
Information provided by: K. L. Bonnett
Althought the above military information states he was born in Pennsylvania, multiple census documents identified Virginia as his state of nativity.
He served in the U. S. Military during the Civil War. He was assigned as a Private to Company G, 22nd Iowa Infantry.
Civil War Veteran
Co G 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Name: Beasley, William L.
Age: 42
Residence: Iowa City, Iowa
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Enlisted: 11 August 1862
Mustered in: 26 August 1862
Promoted: Corporal 26 November 1862
Promoted: Sergeant 1 September 1863
Reduced to ranks: 1 January 1864
Mustered out: 25 July 25 1865, Savannah, Georgia.
Mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well fortified Fort Beauregard at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek as well as many other skirmishes less well known.
Information provided by: K. L. Bonnett
Althought the above military information states he was born in Pennsylvania, multiple census documents identified Virginia as his state of nativity.
He is the husband of Martha Beasley.
He served in the U. S. Military during the Civil War. He was assigned as a Private to Company G, 22nd Iowa Infantry.
Civil War Veteran
Co G 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Name: Beasley, William L.
Age: 42
Residence: Iowa City, Iowa
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Enlisted: 11 August 1862
Mustered in: 26 August 1862
Promoted: Corporal 26 November 1862
Promoted: Sergeant 1 September 1863
Reduced to ranks: 1 January 1864
Mustered out: 25 July 25 1865, Savannah, Georgia.
Mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well fortified Fort Beauregard at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek as well as many other skirmishes less well known.
Information provided by: K. L. Bonnett
Althought the above military information states he was born in Pennsylvania, multiple census documents identified Virginia as his state of nativity.
He served in the U. S. Military during the Civil War. He was assigned as a Private to Company G, 22nd Iowa Infantry.
Civil War Veteran
Co G 22nd Iowa Infantry
From Military Records:
Name: Beasley, William L.
Age: 42
Residence: Iowa City, Iowa
Nativity: Pennsylvania
Enlisted: 11 August 1862
Mustered in: 26 August 1862
Promoted: Corporal 26 November 1862
Promoted: Sergeant 1 September 1863
Reduced to ranks: 1 January 1864
Mustered out: 25 July 25 1865, Savannah, Georgia.
Mustered Camp Pope near Iowa City. Battles included Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, Big Black River, the suicidal, ill-advised attack of well fortified Fort Beauregard at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the long siege of Vicksburg that followed, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign - Berryville, Opequon, (Winchester), Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek as well as many other skirmishes less well known.
Information provided by: K. L. Bonnett
Althought the above military information states he was born in Pennsylvania, multiple census documents identified Virginia as his state of nativity.
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