Confederate States Marine Corps

He served in the Confederate States Marine Corps throughout the Civil War.

The uniform used by the Confederate States Marine Corps resembled that prescribed for the Confederate Army.

During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel and as Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps.

Donnelly, Ralph W. The Confederate States Marine Corps: The Rebel Leathernecks.

After the Civil War, Beall lived in Richmond, Virginia, and kept most of the Confederate States Marine Corps records at his home.

Though the retention of enlisted men was better, the Confederate States Marine Corps formed its nucleus with some of the best Marines the Corps had.

Sullivan, David M., "Biographical Sketches Of The Commissioned Officers Of The Confederate States Marine Corps."

On the opposite side of the lines, the Congress of the Confederate States authorized the creation of the Confederate States Marine Corps on 16 March 1861.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, he saw action as a sergeant major in the Seven Days Battles, and later became a second lieutenant in the Confederate States Marine Corps.

Confederate States Marine Corps - a branch of the Confederate States Navy, was established by an act of the Congress of the Confederate States on March 16, 1861.

As more and more states seceded from the Union, about half of the Corps' officers left the Union to join the Confederacy and form the Confederate States Marine Corps, which ultimately played little part in the war.

In the famous battle between the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, Company C, Confederate States Marine Corps, served aboard the CSS Virginia, helping to man several of her guns.

On July 30, declining an appointment as either a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia infantry or as a colonel in the Wisconsin militia, he joined the newly formed Confederate States Marine Corps where he was given the rank of captain.

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.