He came from the Beecher family , a prominent 19th century American religious family .
James Chaplin Beecher , ( January 8 , 1828 -- August 25 , 1886 ) , was an American Congregationalist minister and Colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War .
James Chaplin Beecher came from the Congregationalist minister family , a prominent 19th century American religious family .
James Chaplin Beecher , ( January 8 , 1828 -- August 25 , 1886 ) , was an American Congregationalist minister and Colonel for the Union Army during the American Civil War .