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From: "Darrell Wesley" <>
Subject: Re: Steamship "General Lyon"
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:52:02 -0500
References: <200012210203.eBL238917435@lists6.rootsweb.com> <3A750665.5CB1E97F@inlink.com>


This is one of the sites to look at.

http://home.att.net/~florencestockade/genlyon.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/gen-lyon.htm

http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/Misc/Lyon.htm

http://www.morrisville.edu/library/local_history/sites/gen-lyon.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Chambers" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: Steamship "General Lyon"


> John Edwards;
> In going back over old Gallatin County list E-Mails that I saved
until I had
> more time to investigate interesting items, I came to your letter about
the "General
> Lyon". I have lost the trail of one of my Franklin County ancestors at
the Civil
> War, and believe he died while a soldier in the war. Is there a source
where those
> who died on the "General Lyon" are listed?
> There seem to be readily available lists of those who inlisted,
but I haven't
> been able to find much information of who died where and how in the war.
The history
> of the unit that my ancestor might have been in states that many died of
sicknesses
> that swept through their camps, but it doesn't say who died, or where the
camps were
> located when this happened. Do you (or anyone else) know of sources for
that kind of
> information? I'd really appreciate help with this one.
> Thanks a lot,
> Mike Chambers
> St. Louis County, Mo.
>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [ILGALLAT] Research during holidays
> > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:50:57 EST
> > From:
> > To:
> >
> > Margaret,
> > Your Jennings may have been on the Steamship "General Lyon" . Companies
"E"
> > and "I" of the 56th Illinois Infantry, which was composed mainly of
soldiers
> > from the counties of Pope, Gallatin, Saline, White, Hamilton, Franklin,
and
> > Wayne were with General Sherman on his "March to the Sea" at the time
that
> > their term of enlistment ended. The ones that did not reinlist
willingly
> > remained after the expiration of their term, waiting an opportunity to
be
> > mustered out. After arriving at Wilmington, North Carolina, they were
put
> > aboard the Steamship "General Lyon", to be transported to Fortress
Monroe
> > where they were to be mustered out. About sixty miles from Fortress
Monroe
> > and just off Cape Hatteras, they ran into a storm. A large vessel of
coal
> > oil ruptured just above the boiler. That set fire to the ship. Of the
> > twelve officers and 193 enlisted men, only 5 were saved. This disaster
took
> > place March 31, 1865 and probably brought more grief to the people of
> > southern Illinois than any single event of the whole war, and yet the
> > official report says that the "loss of life was not great". A total of
500
> > men lost their lives that day.
> > Obviously, your Jennings may have been on a different ship but this
might be
> > a place to check out since there were so many Southern illinois soldiers
on
> > board.
> >
> > John Edwards
> > Researching Edwards, Blake, Davis, Oliver, Frohock and many others.
> >
>
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