Robert K. Beecham

Robert K. Beecham was a Captain in the 23rd United States Colored Infantry

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin

War Career

• April 24, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H
• June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• ? - Corporal
• July 1, 1863 - Taken prisoner in action at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• December 22, 1863 - Discharged for promotion to ? Lieutenant of the 23rd United States Colored Infantry / Company B
• January 1, 1864 - Promoted to Captain
• July 30, 1864 - Taken prisoner in action at the Battle of the Crater, Virginia
  • Confined at Macon, Georgia

Postwar Career

• After the war, he lived in Nebraska
• Member of GAR Post #68 (John C. Fremont) in Neligh, Nebraska
• 1902 - Wrote memoirs of his experiences in the war, As If It Were Glory, published publicly in 1999

Family

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Sources

• Denver Public Library http://history.denverlibrary.org
• National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 2
• National Park Service - Bechem, Robert K.
• National Park Service - Beecham, Robert K.
• National Park Service - Beechem, Robert K.
• National Park Service - Beechum, Robert K.
• Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force 1861-1865
• Stevens, Michael E. As If It Were Glory: Robert Beecham's Civil War from the Iron Brigade to the Black Regiments
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 368)
• Independent Research by Jack Lundquist