There is a website dealing with Chinese-Americans in the Civil War. None is recorded as having actually seen action. I would be very interested in this information,
Ian Welch, Australian National University, Canberra.
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From: Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:17 pm
Subject: [VA-HIST] John Tommy
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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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