Lloyd J. Beall
| Lloyd J. Beall | |
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| Born |
October 19, 1808 Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island |
| Died | November 10, 1887 (aged 79) Richmond, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Marine Corps
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| Years of service | 1830–1861 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 Major (USA) Colonel (CSA) |
| Unit | 1st U.S. Infantry 2nd U.S. Dragoons |
| Commands held | Confederate States Marine Corps |
| Battles/wars |
Black Hawk War Seminole Wars Mexican-American War American Civil War |
| Other work | Alderman of Richmond, Virginia |
Lloyd James Beall (October 19, 1808 – November 10, 1887) was a United States Army officer and paymaster. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel and as Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps. He was the only man to command the Confederate marines throughout the conflict.
Beall was born at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of Major Lloyd Beall of the United States Army and Elizabeth Waugh Jones, who were Marylanders. Beall was a graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1830. He also attended the Cavalry School of Saumur, France, from 1840 to 1842, to learn the French Army's system of Dragoon exercise.
In 1844, Beall was promoted to major in the U.S. Army. He served in the Black Hawk and Seminole Wars and in the Mexican-American War.
He was a U.S. Army paymaster stationed at St. Louis, Missouri, when the Civil War began.
Siding with the Confederate States of America, Beall tendered his resignation and headed south. Beall was appointed a colonel in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. On May 23, 1861, the Secretary of the Confederate States Navy, Stephen Mallory, appointed Beall as Colonel Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps, the only person to hold that position, and Beall served in that capacity throughout the war.
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