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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