Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Jefferson County, VA.; 26 year-old Printer; 6'1. florid complexion, gray eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for 2 years or the duration of the war on 9/17/1862 at Conrad's Store, he was mustered into Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, as Private on 9/17/1862.
Listed as Absent on detached service as a scout for General Stuart on Nov & Dec 1863 - March & April 1864 Rolls.
POW 6/11/1864 near Lexington, VA.; sent 6/17/1863 to Atheneum Prison, Wheeling; sent to Camp Chase 7/2/1864; transferred to City Point for exchange 3/2/1865.
Paroled at Winchester 4/19/1865.
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"The following incident, which is well vouched for, will give some insight into the resourcefulness, self-confidence, and audacious courage which rendered the services of Henry Beall so valuable to 'Jeb' Stuart and Gen. R.E. Lee.
'Gen. Lee, desiring to know something of the numbers and movements of Pope's army before making the attack known as the second battle of Manassas, Henry Beall was directed by Gen. Stuart to scout in the rear and on the flank of his antagonist. He went, accompanied by Sergt. James H. Conklyn, of Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. After numerous adventures within the Federal lines, they arrived after dark at the residence of a gentleman, known to Beall, close by a Federal encampment, part of Pope's army. It was from this family that Beall expected to obtain valuable information. When they got close to the house they heard the music of a violin, and could see through the window that there were Federal soldiers inside dancing a cotillion with the young ladies. Sergt. Conklyn, supposing that the game was up, asked Beall what they should do. 'We shall go inside and dance a set with them,' Beall replied without hesitation; 'and if you don't feel like going, you can stay by our horses until I return.' But Conklyn preferring to stay by his companion, in whose resourcefulness he had implicit confidence, they hitched horses, and together approached the house by the front door, and, without drawing arms, quietly entered the room among the dancers. The surprise of the parties within can better be imagined than described. 'You were having such a good time,' Beall remarked to the Federals, 'that we thought, if there is no objection, we would come in and dance a set with you.' Conklyn says he himself kept a close eye on the Federals' muskets, which were stacked in a corner of the room, while a set was made up, in which Beall danced with one of the ladies of the family whom he knew. It goes without saying that during that set he obtained the information he was seeking. The cool audacity of the adventure had exactly the effect upon the Federals that Beall had counted upon. They, of course, supposed that the house was surrounded by Confederate cavalry and that resistance was useless. 'It was a solemn dance,' says Sergt. Conklyn, 'on the part of the Yankees, who expected to be marched off as prisoners of war.' Beall and Conklyn quietly withdrew from the room and rode off without molestation.
Few men could have conceived and successfully executed so bold an adventure, especially upon the exigency of the moment." Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 399.
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- Col. H.D. Beall Dead. -
Col. H.D. Beall, sixty-five years old, for twenty-eight years an able member of the Baltimore Sun editorial staff, died Thursday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Col. Beall was a native of Virginia, and during the Civil War was a member of the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. He had many friends in Virginia and a number in Fredericksburg.
The deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Nov. 14, 1902.
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The 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th Regiment] was organized at Conrad's Store, Virginia, in June, 1862, with companies from the 7th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
[Original brief basic info by Bill Jordan (#46784636).]
Residence Jefferson County, VA.; 26 year-old Printer; 6'1. florid complexion, gray eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for 2 years or the duration of the war on 9/17/1862 at Conrad's Store, he was mustered into Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, as Private on 9/17/1862.
Listed as Absent on detached service as a scout for General Stuart on Nov & Dec 1863 - March & April 1864 Rolls.
POW 6/11/1864 near Lexington, VA.; sent 6/17/1863 to Atheneum Prison, Wheeling; sent to Camp Chase 7/2/1864; transferred to City Point for exchange 3/2/1865.
Paroled at Winchester 4/19/1865.
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"The following incident, which is well vouched for, will give some insight into the resourcefulness, self-confidence, and audacious courage which rendered the services of Henry Beall so valuable to 'Jeb' Stuart and Gen. R.E. Lee.
'Gen. Lee, desiring to know something of the numbers and movements of Pope's army before making the attack known as the second battle of Manassas, Henry Beall was directed by Gen. Stuart to scout in the rear and on the flank of his antagonist. He went, accompanied by Sergt. James H. Conklyn, of Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. After numerous adventures within the Federal lines, they arrived after dark at the residence of a gentleman, known to Beall, close by a Federal encampment, part of Pope's army. It was from this family that Beall expected to obtain valuable information. When they got close to the house they heard the music of a violin, and could see through the window that there were Federal soldiers inside dancing a cotillion with the young ladies. Sergt. Conklyn, supposing that the game was up, asked Beall what they should do. 'We shall go inside and dance a set with them,' Beall replied without hesitation; 'and if you don't feel like going, you can stay by our horses until I return.' But Conklyn preferring to stay by his companion, in whose resourcefulness he had implicit confidence, they hitched horses, and together approached the house by the front door, and, without drawing arms, quietly entered the room among the dancers. The surprise of the parties within can better be imagined than described. 'You were having such a good time,' Beall remarked to the Federals, 'that we thought, if there is no objection, we would come in and dance a set with you.' Conklyn says he himself kept a close eye on the Federals' muskets, which were stacked in a corner of the room, while a set was made up, in which Beall danced with one of the ladies of the family whom he knew. It goes without saying that during that set he obtained the information he was seeking. The cool audacity of the adventure had exactly the effect upon the Federals that Beall had counted upon. They, of course, supposed that the house was surrounded by Confederate cavalry and that resistance was useless. 'It was a solemn dance,' says Sergt. Conklyn, 'on the part of the Yankees, who expected to be marched off as prisoners of war.' Beall and Conklyn quietly withdrew from the room and rode off without molestation.
Few men could have conceived and successfully executed so bold an adventure, especially upon the exigency of the moment." Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 399.
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- Col. H.D. Beall Dead. -
Col. H.D. Beall, sixty-five years old, for twenty-eight years an able member of the Baltimore Sun editorial staff, died Thursday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Col. Beall was a native of Virginia, and during the Civil War was a member of the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. He had many friends in Virginia and a number in Fredericksburg.
The deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Nov. 14, 1902.
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The 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th Regiment] was organized at Conrad's Store, Virginia, in June, 1862, with companies from the 7th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
[Original brief basic info by Bill Jordan (#46784636).]
Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, Dearing's Brigade, Rosser's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Jefferson County, VA.; 26 year-old Printer; 6'1. florid complexion, gray eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for 2 years or the duration of the war on 9/17/1862 at Conrad's Store, he was mustered into Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, as Private on 9/17/1862.
Listed as Absent on detached service as a scout for General Stuart on Nov & Dec 1863 - March & April 1864 Rolls.
POW 6/11/1864 near Lexington, VA.; sent 6/17/1863 to Atheneum Prison, Wheeling; sent to Camp Chase 7/2/1864; transferred to City Point for exchange 3/2/1865.
Paroled at Winchester 4/19/1865.
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"The following incident, which is well vouched for, will give some insight into the resourcefulness, self-confidence, and audacious courage which rendered the services of Henry Beall so valuable to 'Jeb' Stuart and Gen. R.E. Lee.
'Gen. Lee, desiring to know something of the numbers and movements of Pope's army before making the attack known as the second battle of Manassas, Henry Beall was directed by Gen. Stuart to scout in the rear and on the flank of his antagonist. He went, accompanied by Sergt. James H. Conklyn, of Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. After numerous adventures within the Federal lines, they arrived after dark at the residence of a gentleman, known to Beall, close by a Federal encampment, part of Pope's army. It was from this family that Beall expected to obtain valuable information. When they got close to the house they heard the music of a violin, and could see through the window that there were Federal soldiers inside dancing a cotillion with the young ladies. Sergt. Conklyn, supposing that the game was up, asked Beall what they should do. 'We shall go inside and dance a set with them,' Beall replied without hesitation; 'and if you don't feel like going, you can stay by our horses until I return.' But Conklyn preferring to stay by his companion, in whose resourcefulness he had implicit confidence, they hitched horses, and together approached the house by the front door, and, without drawing arms, quietly entered the room among the dancers. The surprise of the parties within can better be imagined than described. 'You were having such a good time,' Beall remarked to the Federals, 'that we thought, if there is no objection, we would come in and dance a set with you.' Conklyn says he himself kept a close eye on the Federals' muskets, which were stacked in a corner of the room, while a set was made up, in which Beall danced with one of the ladies of the family whom he knew. It goes without saying that during that set he obtained the information he was seeking. The cool audacity of the adventure had exactly the effect upon the Federals that Beall had counted upon. They, of course, supposed that the house was surrounded by Confederate cavalry and that resistance was useless. 'It was a solemn dance,' says Sergt. Conklyn, 'on the part of the Yankees, who expected to be marched off as prisoners of war.' Beall and Conklyn quietly withdrew from the room and rode off without molestation.
Few men could have conceived and successfully executed so bold an adventure, especially upon the exigency of the moment." Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 399.
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- Col. H.D. Beall Dead. -
Col. H.D. Beall, sixty-five years old, for twenty-eight years an able member of the Baltimore Sun editorial staff, died Thursday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Col. Beall was a native of Virginia, and during the Civil War was a member of the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. He had many friends in Virginia and a number in Fredericksburg.
The deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Nov. 14, 1902.
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The 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th Regiment] was organized at Conrad's Store, Virginia, in June, 1862, with companies from the 7th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
[Original brief basic info by Bill Jordan (#46784636).]
Residence Jefferson County, VA.; 26 year-old Printer; 6'1. florid complexion, gray eyes, dark hair.
Enlisted for 2 years or the duration of the war on 9/17/1862 at Conrad's Store, he was mustered into Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry, as Private on 9/17/1862.
Listed as Absent on detached service as a scout for General Stuart on Nov & Dec 1863 - March & April 1864 Rolls.
POW 6/11/1864 near Lexington, VA.; sent 6/17/1863 to Atheneum Prison, Wheeling; sent to Camp Chase 7/2/1864; transferred to City Point for exchange 3/2/1865.
Paroled at Winchester 4/19/1865.
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"The following incident, which is well vouched for, will give some insight into the resourcefulness, self-confidence, and audacious courage which rendered the services of Henry Beall so valuable to 'Jeb' Stuart and Gen. R.E. Lee.
'Gen. Lee, desiring to know something of the numbers and movements of Pope's army before making the attack known as the second battle of Manassas, Henry Beall was directed by Gen. Stuart to scout in the rear and on the flank of his antagonist. He went, accompanied by Sergt. James H. Conklyn, of Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. After numerous adventures within the Federal lines, they arrived after dark at the residence of a gentleman, known to Beall, close by a Federal encampment, part of Pope's army. It was from this family that Beall expected to obtain valuable information. When they got close to the house they heard the music of a violin, and could see through the window that there were Federal soldiers inside dancing a cotillion with the young ladies. Sergt. Conklyn, supposing that the game was up, asked Beall what they should do. 'We shall go inside and dance a set with them,' Beall replied without hesitation; 'and if you don't feel like going, you can stay by our horses until I return.' But Conklyn preferring to stay by his companion, in whose resourcefulness he had implicit confidence, they hitched horses, and together approached the house by the front door, and, without drawing arms, quietly entered the room among the dancers. The surprise of the parties within can better be imagined than described. 'You were having such a good time,' Beall remarked to the Federals, 'that we thought, if there is no objection, we would come in and dance a set with you.' Conklyn says he himself kept a close eye on the Federals' muskets, which were stacked in a corner of the room, while a set was made up, in which Beall danced with one of the ladies of the family whom he knew. It goes without saying that during that set he obtained the information he was seeking. The cool audacity of the adventure had exactly the effect upon the Federals that Beall had counted upon. They, of course, supposed that the house was surrounded by Confederate cavalry and that resistance was useless. 'It was a solemn dance,' says Sergt. Conklyn, 'on the part of the Yankees, who expected to be marched off as prisoners of war.' Beall and Conklyn quietly withdrew from the room and rode off without molestation.
Few men could have conceived and successfully executed so bold an adventure, especially upon the exigency of the moment." Confederate Veteran, Vol. XII, p. 399.
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- Col. H.D. Beall Dead. -
Col. H.D. Beall, sixty-five years old, for twenty-eight years an able member of the Baltimore Sun editorial staff, died Thursday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Col. Beall was a native of Virginia, and during the Civil War was a member of the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry. He had many friends in Virginia and a number in Fredericksburg.
The deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter. (Fredericksburg) The Daily Star - Nov. 14, 1902.
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The 12th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th Regiment] was organized at Conrad's Store, Virginia, in June, 1862, with companies from the 7th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
[Original brief basic info by Bill Jordan (#46784636).]
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