Lot of 3, including the temporary wooden headboard marked "Capt./ J. Beeks/ 27th GA Inf.," measuring approx. 7.5 x 34.5 in. Accompanied by the red, white, and blue cloth banner that covered the coffin when Captain Beeks was moved to the Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown, MD, measuring approx. 21.25 x 82.25 in. The flag's center white stripe bears the same marking, "Capt./ J. Beeks/ 27th GA Inf." Beek's identification tag, which consists of an 1838 coin stamped "Beeks/ 27 GA," is also included. Two holes have been punched through the coin's center and string has been used to attach it to a small piece of burlap. John C. Beeks enlisted in August 1861 as a 2nd lieutenant and was commissioned into Co. G of the 27th Georgia Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on February 20, 1862, and within a few months was wounded in action at Seven Pines, VA, on May 31, 1862. After being promoted to captain in July 1862, Beeks was wounded and captured during the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg, MD, on September 17, 1862, and he died four days later at the Hoffman House Hospital in Sharpsburg.
Lot of 3, including the temporary wooden headboard marked "Capt./ J. Beeks/ 27th GA Inf.," measuring approx. 7.5 x 34.5 in. Accompanied by the red, white, and blue cloth banner that covered the coffin when Captain Beeks was moved to the Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown, MD, measuring approx. 21.25 x 82.25 in. The flag's center white stripe bears the same marking, "Capt./ J. Beeks/ 27th GA Inf." Beek's identification tag, which consists of an 1838 coin stamped "Beeks/ 27 GA," is also included. Two holes have been punched through the coin's center and string has been used to attach it to a small piece of burlap. John C. Beeks enlisted in August 1861 as a 2nd lieutenant and was commissioned into Co. G of the 27th Georgia Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on February 20, 1862, and within a few months was wounded in action at Seven Pines, VA, on May 31, 1862. After being promoted to captain in July 1862, Beeks was wounded and captured during the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg, MD, on September 17, 1862, and he died four days later at the Hoffman House Hospital in Sharpsburg.
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