William H. Beathe
Regiment Name: 16th Virginia Infantry - Side: Confederate - Company: B - Soldier's Rank In: corporal - Soldier's Rank Out: sergrant

CONFEDERATE MISSOURI TROOPS

16th Infantry Regiment was formed by consolidating Caldwell's 7th and Jackson's 7th Missouri Infantry Regiment early in 1864. The unit was assigned to Parson's and S.P. Burns' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was active in Louisiana and Arkansas. It sustained 14 casualties at Pleasant Hill and 25 at Jenkins' Ferry. In May, 1865, the regiment disbanded. Its field officers wre Colonel Levin M. Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel Pleasant W.H. Cumming, and Major Jesse P. Herrell.
Researcher: Richard Parker
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.,

1862 --- CIVIL WAR ENLISTMENT
WILLIAM H. BEATHE
Enlistment Date: March 29, 1862
Enlistment Place: Camp Allegheny, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Enlisted: as a Corporal in Company B, 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment on March 29, 1862
Rank Discharged: Sergeant
Height: 5 ft. 8 inches
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Complexion: Fair
M382 -Roll 4
Researcher: Richard Parker
Source Information: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, Maine.

1862 --- U.S. CIVIL WAR SOLIDER RECORDS AND PROFILES 1861-1865
Name: William H Beathe
Enlistment Date: March 26, 1862
Enlistment Place: Camp Alleghany, West Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Sergeant
Muster Date: March 29, 1862
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: B
Muster Regiment: 31st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Imprisonment Date: March 25, 1865
Imprisonment Place: Fort Stedman, Virginia
Casualty Date: June 18, 1864
Casualty Place: Lynchburg, Virginia
Type of Casualty: Wounded
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War?: Yes
Complexion: Fair
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 ft, 8 inches
Notes: 1862-07-15 Detailed, Detailed attending sick in hospl; 1863-08-15 Issued clothing; 1863-12-31 Issued pay; 1864-03-28 Confined, (Point Lookout, MD); 1864-08-31 Absent; 1865-06-23 Oath Allegiance, (Point Lookout, MD), Released.
Researcher: Richard Parker
Title: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

1862 --- U. S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS 1861-1865
Name: William H. Beath
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment: 162nd Regiment, Virginia Militia
Company: C
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M382 Roll 4
Regiment: 162nd Militia Infantry Regiment Virginia
Regiment State: Virginia
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 162nd Militia
Researcher: Richard Parker
Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. --- Operations Inc, 1999. --- Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000.
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