Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-08-26
CONCLUSION.
JOHN BEATTY.
From Ohio IN the war.I

JOHN BEATTY
From Ohio IN the WAR;
/ John Beatty was born at Sandusk,
City, Ohio, in 1928. For several year
prior to the rebellion he was engaged il
banking at Cardington, and in 1860 h,
was Presidential Elector for the Thir
teenth Congressional District on the Re
publican ticket.
After the fall Of Fort Sumter he a
once abandoned his business, and early
IN April, 1861, enlisted as private II
a company raised in his own town. O.
this company he was Immediately anc
unanimously elected Captain, and or
the 10Th of the month he reported his
men for duty to the Adiutant- General OF
Ohio. Eight DAYS later he was elected
Lieutenant-Colonelo of the Third Ohio
/ Infantry, of which his company was a
| part. 1t was originally three-months
regiment, but on the 18th of June, pre-
vious to taking the field. It reorganized
tor the three years service the field
officers remaining the same On the
! 23d of June the Third Ohio was sent to
! West Virginia, and, during a summer
and fall campaign in that wild and
mountainous region. at Middle Fork, at
Rich Mountain, at Cheat Mountain and
at Elkwater it illustrated its own excel
lence, and the skill and bravery of its
officers.
Transferred to Kentucky in Novem-
| Der, the regiment had the good fortune
TO be assigned to the old Third Division
of the Army of the Ohio, commanded
by General o. NJ Mitchell. While at
Bacon Creek, Kentucky, Lieutenant
Colonel Beatty was promoted to the
CoIonelcy of his regiment. and in that
capacity he accompanied General Mitch
ell through his campaign in Southern
Kentucky, Middle Tennessee and North
ern Alabama. In the fight at Bridge
port, and in the operations about Deca-
tur and Point Rock, Colonel Beatty took
a conspicuous and useful part. Selected
by General Mitchell as Provost Marshal
of Huntsville, he discharged the delicate
and difficult duties of that Office with
fidelity and tact.
Returning to Louisviile with General
Buell. in September, 1862, he Joined in
the pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky,
and on the Sth of October fought at the
head of his regiment in the battle of
Perryville. Here he first attracted gen
eral attention. Holding the extreme
right OF General Rousseau's S division, his
regiment was assailed, both in front and
flank, by an overwhelming force; and
though, in an hours time. one third of
his men were-killed and wounded, Col
oneI Beatty refused to yield an inch of
ground until relieved by Colonel Pope,
with the Fifteenth Kentucky.
On the 10th of December Colonel
Beatty assumed command of the old
Seventeenth Brigade, which had been
formed previously with such leaders as
Lvtle and Dumont. On Wednesday,
the 3Ist of December, at Murfreesboro,
this brigade forming the third part of
Rousseau's division, assisted in checking
the onset of Hardee. Colonel Beatty
had two horses shot under him, but he
came ont uniniured. On Saturday night.
January sd, 1868, he was ordered to at
tack the enemy's works lying near the
Murfreesboro Turnpike. Placing him
self at the head of his brigade, he
charged over the rebel works and car
ried them at the point of the bayonet.
On the 18th of March, 1868, Colonel
Beatty was commissioned Brigadier
General of volunteers, to rank from the
10th of November, 1862.
Being assigned to the First Brigade,
of Negleys division, he participated in
the Tullahoma campaign, and after the
rebels had been driven out of that
stronghold he led the column which pur-
sued them, skirmishing successfully with
their rear guard, until he gained the lofty
plateau of the Cumberlands In the
Chattanooga campaign General Beatty
had the honor of being the first to lead
his command to the summit of Lookout
Mountain The rebels, after a feeble
resistance at JohnsOn's Greek, retired
rapidly before him. In the mastery re-
treat from Dug Gap, which elected
warm commendation both from General
Rosecrans and General Thomas, Gener-
al Beatty was assigned by General Neg
ley to the responsible and difficult duty
of protecting and bringing away large
wagon train in the face of an immense
force of rebels. Not a single wagon
! fell into the enemy's hands.
| In the battle of Chickamauga it was
| General Beatty's fortune to commence
the fighting both on the 10th and 10th
of September; the first day upon the
extreme right, and the second upon the
extreme left of the line. Assailed early
on the morning of the 10th, he hand
somely repulsed the enemy, after a fight
of three hours duration, and held his
ground until ordered to the center of the
! line, late in the afternoon. On Sunday
morning he reported to General Thomas
with his command, and was placed on
the extreme left along the Lafayette road
with orders to hold it at all hazards
Hour after hour, with his comparatively
feeble force, he maintained his position
against the masses of the foe which
surged around him. He was REINFORCED
at last by Colonel T. R. Stanley, with
his brigade, and in conjunction they
charged and drove the rebels half 9
mile, CAPTURING large part of Adams
Louisiana brigade, with its leader at it:
head. Later in the day General Beatty
was among the heroes who held the las
position against the combined efforts o
the rebel army. Again, on the 2Ist
while in position near Rossville, a heavy
accommodating column attacked Genera
Beatty's brigade. but it was driven bacl
with considerable loss.
In the reorganization of the army
General Beatty was assigned to the Sec
ond Brigade of Davis's division, and
! during the operations which resulted II
the expulsion of the rebels from Mis-
sion Ridge and Lookout Mountain, hi
command held the left of the line
, Though not actively engaged at tina
time, it Joined with great v1gor IN pur
suit Of the retreating foe. On the 7otl
! Of November General Beatty, in con
junction with Colonel Dan. McCook
overlook the rebel General Maury a
: Gravsville, and, after sharp conflict
entirely defeated him.
: On the Ist of December Genera
/ Davis's division commenced its marcl
toward Knoxville for the relief of Gener