Captain Samuel Horace Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Newspaper: New York Times, 31 May 1914, New York, New York. WITH GRANT IN THE WILDERNESS, BY HIS "SHADOW"
Chief Cipher Operator Samuel H. Beckwith, Who Was So Constantly in Attendance Upon the Union General as to Earn That Nickname, Reminisces of That Historic Battle.
IT IS not my intention to attempt a description of the sanguinary Battle of the Wilderness, because volumes have been written by far more intelligent and responsible critics than I setting forth in detail the particulars of this most memorable and terrible struggle.
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By Samuel H. Beckwith, Chief Cipher Operator to Gen. Grant, 1862-65.
PUBLISH DATE
May 31, 1914
PAGE NUMBER
53

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Dec 1916, Hamilton, Madison, New York. Capt Samuel Horace Beckwith
Birth: 18 Dec 1837 Madison, Madison County, New York, USA
Death: 6 Dec 1916 (aged 78) Hampton City, Virginia, USA
Burial: Madison Street Cemetery, Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA
Plot: Section 4B Lot 15
Memorial #: 21273828

Bio: GRANTS SHADOW. 11TH Regiment Military Telegrapher and cipher operator to General Grant 1862-1866. He was the only man at headquarters who was intrusted with the key to the cipher in which dispatching to an from the commanding general were received and sent. He carried with fidelity the secrets of the nation.
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
about Samuel H Beckwith
Name: Samuel H Beckwith
Birth Year: abt 1838
Keyed Birth Location: Madison Ny
Birth State: NY
Birth City: Madison
Admitted Year: 1890
Age at Admission: 52
State: Virginia
City: Hampton
Branch: Roseburg Branch
Telegrapher and Bookkeeper
Loss of vision
admitted: 15 Dec 1890
Discharged:28 Oct 1901 to William Watson Jr. of 1117 Howard Ave., Utica, NY
Family Members
Parents
Samuel Marsh Beckwith 1812-1855
Elizabeth Jones Beckwith 1809-1884
Siblings
David L Beckwith 1834-1879
Edward M. Beckwith 1845-1926
Created by: Barbara LeClaire (46903377)
Added: 31 Aug 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21273828/samuel-horace-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/21273828/samuel-horace-beckwith : accessed 08 July 2021), memorial page for Capt Samuel Horace Beckwith (18 Dec 1837–6 Dec 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21273828, citing Madison Street Cemetery, Hamilton, Madison County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Barbara LeClaire (contributor 46903377) .