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Sylvester Gridley Beckwith (December 16, 1821 – July 5, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union officer in the American Civil War. He was a prominent citizen in Winterset, Iowa becoming its first mayor in 1857. He was a staunch unionist. In 1861 he joined an infantry company called the Winterset Guards. On April 27, 1861 it was announced he had received a commission from the state to organize a company of volunteers

Early Life
Sylvester Gridley Beckwith was born to Samuel Beckwith and Lydia Gridley on 21st December 1821 in Dearborn County, Indiana.