The N.Y. Times Reports Beall's Death-- Part 2: The Gallows

PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION.

Beall's Personal Appearance.

The Death March.

 Under the Gallows.

The Executions.

His Last Words.

Death.

--Old Secesh

The New York Times Reports Beall's Execution-- Part 1

From the February 25, 1865, New York Times.

""MILITARY EXECUTION:  Execution of John Y. Beall, the Lake Erie  Pirate and Rebel Spy.

Details of the Crime, the Trial, and the Punishment of the Culprit.

His Conduct During His Last Hours.

The Antecedents of Beall.

His Arrest and Trial.  His Trial.  A Temporary Respite.

MILITARY EXECUTION.

His Last Hours.    The Morning of the Execution.  The Gallows.

--Old Secesh

The Burning of the General Lyon-- Part 2: News Reaches New York

Taken from the newspaper.

The steamer Gen. Sedgwick, which arrived at this port at noon yesterday, brought as passengers twenty-nine persons saved from the wreck of the transport steamer Gen. Lyon, which took fire off Cape Hatteras on the morning of Friday last, and was totally destroyed.

The Gen. Lyon had on board from five hundred and fifty to six hundred souks.  The twenty-nine who arrived here yesterday are believed to be all that were saved.

--Old Secesh

The Burning of the General Lyon-- Part 1: "Dreadful Fire At Sea"

From the April 3, 1865, NY Times headlines.

Dreadful Fire at Sea

Five Hundred Lives Lost

The U.S. Transport Steamer General Lyon Burned Off Cape Hatteras

Invalid Troops, Refugees and Women and Children On Board.

--Old Secesh