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Quite by accident, I came across some sketchy information on John Tommy who
was perhaps the only Chinese-American to fight in the Civil War. He served
with a NY unit, was captured at Fredericksburg, was brought to Richmond to
Libby Prison where his race seems to have perplexed since he was not, black,
white, or mulatto. Apparently he was severly beaten, got out, returned to
his unit after telling whomever asked that the only way he'd join the
conferacy was as a "Brigadier General", fought and was killed at Little
Round Top at Gettysburg.
Is anyone studying this? I've got enough of the story to make a Famous
Americans page, but a photo would be nice. Since he was an oddity,
possibility for a photo would be a newspaper where he was captured or in the
Richmond Examiner. Does anyone know if I can search for this digitally?
Google yielded nothing.
Anne Pemberton
Anne Louise Pemberton
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http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
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