John Yates Beall-- Part 5: Lincoln Refuses to Get Involved and His Execution

Beall was then transported to Fort Columbus on Governors Island  in New York Harbor to await execution.

Then, the story of Beall's arrest and trial had reached the newspapers and efforts were made in his behalf to save him.  Appeals were made to President Abraham Lincoln by many prominent people, including six U.S. senators and 91  members of Congress.

But Lincoln refused to intervene. He usually would issue a pardon with that many requests.

Beall was executed February 24, 1865.

--Old Secesh