tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363106287522054723.post4403994059150163683..comments2024-02-10T09:59:51.975-06:00Comments on "Saw the Elephant"--The Civil War: The General Lyon DisasterRoadDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930336737600309256noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363106287522054723.post-49632912435858211322016-04-15T15:59:59.628-05:002016-04-15T15:59:59.628-05:00My great grandfather, Wilson M. Gamble of the 69th...My great grandfather, Wilson M. Gamble of the 69th Ohio (he actually spent more of the Civil War as a member of the Pioneer Brigade), is listed as having "perished on the General Lyon" off Hatteras. In reality, he lived until 1908. In his regimental history, and in his own regimental papers, he is listed has having died in this disaster, although it was at some point cleared up as he was able to receive a soldier's pension. We have often wondered if he was an unreported survivor, or missed the boat, or never intended to travel on it. A bad month for the Gamble family. His older brother was killed by a Confederate deserter who mistook his patrol in South Carolina in early April 1865 for southern home guard collecting deserters. <br /><br />I have no idea how to pursue the mystery of Wilson Gamble and the General Lyon disaster. Brian Mcmurdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118474541342734623noreply@blogger.com