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John Yates Beall
John Yates Beall (January 1, 1835 – February 24, 1865) was a Confederate privateer in the American Civil War who was arrested as a spy in New York and executed at Fort Columbus, Governors Island, New York.
Early life and education.
He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia—now West Virginia—on his father's farm, Walnut Grove. He attended the University of Virginia to study law but upon the death of his father in 1855 he left his studies to
The Southern Historical Publication Society, Richmond, VA, 1909, Volume XI, pgs. 61-62.
- Beall, John Yates & Daniel B. Lucas, "Memoir of John Yates Beall: His Life; Trial; Correspondence; Diary; and Private Manuscript Found Among His Papers, Including His Own Account of the Raid on Lake Erie", J. Lovell, 1865
- "Trial of John Y. Beall: As a Spy and Guerrillero, by Military Commission", United States. Army. Military Commission,