James Newton Beale, student 1859-1860

Beale, a teacher, enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 13th VA Infantry on April 20, 1861. He was wounded in the arm on May 30, 1864 during the Battle of Bethesda Church in Hanover County, VA and was sent to Jackson Hospital and then Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA. Although he recovered from that wound, Beale died on March 25, 1865 in the final Confederate offensive during the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Fort Stedman. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville, VA