| Date: | 1865.02.25 |
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| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Military Units: | 2nd Virginia Infantry; 2nd Virginia Infantry (Company G); CS Army; CS Navy |
| Persons: | Beall (John Y.) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
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File Details: 2BYUm, 1000 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 7.5 Mb
Image ID: 2BYU
Library of Congress says: John Yates Beall of Co. G, 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment (Stonewall Brigade) and Acting Master in the Confederate States Navy in civilian clothes. [Photograph shows identified soldier and sailor who was a prisoner of war on November 16, 1863 at Accomac County, Virginia. He led a failed attempt to free Confederate prisoners at Johnson Island prison and was hanged in February 1865 after his conviction on espionage and violating the laws of war]