Civil War Veteran.
JACOB H. FORRESTER~ Co. B, 56th Illinois infantry regiment; enlisted, 27 Feb. 1862, from White County, Illinois, died March 31, 1865, on board the steamer " General Lyon," which burned at sea en route from Wilmington, N.C., to New York city.
While the SS General Lyon's story is one of the lesser-known naval tales, the loss of life in that short voyage on March 29, 1865 has gone down as one of the highest with only 29 survivors. The returning troops of the 56th Illinois alone would lose 205 men that day, a greater loss than the regiment suffered in the whole war.
JACOB H. FORRESTER~ Co. B, 56th Illinois infantry regiment; enlisted, 27 Feb. 1862, from White County, Illinois, died March 31, 1865, on board the steamer " General Lyon," which burned at sea en route from Wilmington, N.C., to New York city.
While the SS General Lyon's story is one of the lesser-known naval tales, the loss of life in that short voyage on March 29, 1865 has gone down as one of the highest with only 29 survivors. The returning troops of the 56th Illinois alone would lose 205 men that day, a greater loss than the regiment suffered in the whole war.
Civil War Veteran.
JACOB H. FORRESTER~ Co. B, 56th Illinois infantry regiment; enlisted, 27 Feb. 1862, from White County, Illinois, died March 31, 1865, on board the steamer " General Lyon," which burned at sea en route from Wilmington, N.C., to New York city.
While the SS General Lyon's story is one of the lesser-known naval tales, the loss of life in that short voyage on March 29, 1865 has gone down as one of the highest with only 29 survivors. The returning troops of the 56th Illinois alone would lose 205 men that day, a greater loss than the regiment suffered in the whole war.
JACOB H. FORRESTER~ Co. B, 56th Illinois infantry regiment; enlisted, 27 Feb. 1862, from White County, Illinois, died March 31, 1865, on board the steamer " General Lyon," which burned at sea en route from Wilmington, N.C., to New York city.
While the SS General Lyon's story is one of the lesser-known naval tales, the loss of life in that short voyage on March 29, 1865 has gone down as one of the highest with only 29 survivors. The returning troops of the 56th Illinois alone would lose 205 men that day, a greater loss than the regiment suffered in the whole war.
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