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- Aug 2, 2019
While piecing together accounts of transportation accidents involving Andersonville prisoners on their way home, I came across come mentions of the burning of the General Lyon off of Cape Hatteras in April, 1865. Can anyone tell me more about the regiment (which reportedly lost all but 5 of the close to 200 members who were on board), or the sinking, or the handful of men from the 56th who were held at Andersonville? As near as I can tell, the Andersonville men were not on the General Lyon, and so their lives may have ironically been saved by the fact that they were POWs at Andersonville.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!