The Biographical Dictionary of America/Beall, Benjamin Lloyd

​BEALL, Benjamin Lloyd, soldier, was born in the District of Columbia in 1800; son of Capt. Lloyd Beall of Maryland. He was educated in the common schools and in the U.S. military academy at West Point. He volunteered in the army in June, 1836, and went to Florida to fight the Seminole Indians, having the rank of captain. The following year he was given the brevet rank of major, and received the full rank of major of dragoons in February, 1847. He served bravely throughout the war with Mexico, winning the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel for his action at Santa Cruz. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in March, 1855, and served in California with the rank of general, constructing frontier defences, and later was assigned to duty on Vancouver's Island. In 1861 he served as muster-master in Baltimore, Md., and during the same year was promoted to a colonelcy in the 1st United States dragoons. In 1862 he was retired from active service. He had two sons in the Federal, and one in the Confederate service in the civil war. He died in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16, 1863.

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