Passenger List

of the

Steamer General Lyon  

when the ship burned to the waterline off Cape Hatteras, NC

on or about 31 March 1865

General Lyon Home Page


If you have information concerning any of these soldiers, please contact Edward Boots at EdBoots@worldnet.att.net


Alphabetical Index

Indexed by State

ADAMS, William - IL 

ADCOCK, Robert - IL 

AIKEN, William J. - IL 

ALEXANDER, J. P. - Unknown

ALLEN, Josiah - IL 

AMANTZ, Zill - Refugee 

ANDREWS, Enoch - IL 

ANDREWS, William C. - NY

ARMSTRONG, George - NY

ARNOLD, James - IA 

ARTERBERRY, George W. - IL  

ASHTON, Perry - IL 

ATKINSON, William - Refugee

BAGBY, Davis P. - IL 

BAGLEY, Darwin - NY

BALDING, A. - IL 

BANKS, Mrs. J. A. - Refugee 

BANNISTER, J. B. - Refugee 

BASHAM, W. - MI

BAUMAN, Philip - NY

BAKER, George - KY

BANSHON, Louis - IL 

BASE, John - OH

BAWES, Henry - Refugee - (Also wife)

BEARD, Ozro R. - OH

BEAVERS, Joseph M. - IL 

BECKER or BOCKER, W. - OH

BECKMAN, Charles - IL 

BELKNAP, Fernando - IA 

BELVIN, Orrin - IL 

BENJAMIN, Solomon - Refugee

BENNETT, Lyman B. - IL 

BERRY, Benjamin F. - IN

BETANCIA, Louis - NY

BIXLER, Thomas - IL 

BLACKFORD, Charles W. - IL 

BLAKE, Benjamin F. - IL 

BLAKE, Oran G. - PA

BLETZEN, Theodore - Refugee 

BLOODWORTH, Thomas - IL  

BORAH, Nathan - IL 

BOTHRICK, J. H. - IL 

BOTTERMAN, Christian - NY

BOWMAN, Edward - IN 

BOYCE, James M. - IL 

BOYD, Edward D. - IL 

BRADBERRY, William H. - IL 

BRADBURY, John - Refugee 

BRADLEY, Charles E. - Colored Refugee

BRADY,  James M. - PA

BRADSHAW, William - IL 

BRADY, Charles A. - Refugee

BRAGG, Edwin C. - MA

BRANCH, Robert - IL 

BRASHER, William - IL 

BRAZIL, Mrs. - Refugee - (Family of seven)

BRISTOL, Nelson E. - IL 

BROCK, Nicholas J. - IL 

BROCKET, Matthew - IL 

BROCKET, Michael S. - IL 

BRODSHORT, J. H. - Refugee - (Also wife & three children) 

BROILS, Robert - IL  

BROOBRING, John F. - OH

BROOKS, H. A. - Refugee 

BROWN, George W. - OH

BROWN, H. H. - IN

BROWN, Isaac - IL 

BROWN, James - NY

BROWN, John C. - IL 

BROWN, Julia - Refugee 

BROWN, Nicholas - Crew

BROWN, W. - MI

BROWN, William - Crew

BRYAN, Dennis - IL 

BRYAN, Patrick - Crew

BUCHANAN, A. - Refugee 

BULLOCK, James J. - NJ

BUMGARDNER, James - IL 

BURGEN, W. - U. S. Regulars

BURKHART, J - Refugee - (Also wife & child) 

BURKHART, Philip - Refugee

BURST, J. - MI 

BUTLER - Lieutenant - possibly from IL mentioned in Henson G. Rains account. Unknown

CAMERON, A. - Refugee

CAMPBELL, J. - NY

CANNADAY, William W. - IL

CARNEY, Thomas - Refugee

CARRIER, James K. - IL 

CARTER, E. - TN

CARTER, James N. - IL

CARTER, John M. - IL

CASEY, Simeon - IL

CAVOY or CALVORY, J. - IA  

CAYLER, R. - OH

CHAUNCEY, M. A. - Refugee

CHRISTMAN, Frederick - PA

CLARK, Francis J. - IL 

CLARKE, Richard - IL 

CLEFF, W. C. - KY

CLIFF, William B. - PA

COCHRAN, Alpheus C. - PA

COLBY, Isaiah C. - OH

COLE, Silas B. - IL 

COLEMAN, Charles - IL

CONN, William J. - OH

COOCH, A. B. - TN

COOK, Alfred B. - IN

COONEY, Thomas - Crew

COPLAND, James - IL 

CORTELLE, C. - NY

CORTEN, E. - CT

COUCH, William - NY

COWDREY, Charles - MA

COWEN, Frank - Refugee

COX, Christopher - PA

CRABTREE, Francis M. - OH

CRANSTON, William - Crew

CRAPPER, William W. - IL 

CROFFORD, William - IL

CROSS, S. or L - Unknown

CRUMMEL, August - Refugee- (Also wife & two children) 

CRUSE, Columbus - IL 

CULLEN, William - WV / VA

CULLISON, Kinsey - IL 

CURRAN, Frank - Rebel Deserter - Possibly Co. H, 18th NC or a KY regiment Unknown

CUTRELL, Joseph J. - IL | Larry Adams

DAGGAN, Owen - Crew

DAIMWOOD, William H. - IL

DALE, Hezekiah F. - IL 

DANTON, C. - MA - May be same as Denton C.

DAVIDSON, J. - MI

DAVIS, A. - IA - May be same as Davis, R.

DAVIS, John C. - IL

DAVIS, Phelix G. - IL

DAVIS, R. - IA - May be same as Davis, A.

DAVIS, Robert P. - IL 

DAWSEY, William - Refugee - (Also wife, seven children & servant) 

DAZLE, Richard - Crew

DECKER, Samuel C. - MI

DEE, Alino - Crew

DEFOE, Robert F. - WV / VA | Darl Stephenson

DELAP, William A. - IL 

DEMPSEY, James - Crew

DENHAM, S. - IL

DENIER, J. - MI

DENTON, Charles H. - MA - May be same as Danton C.

DENTON, William - IL

DENVAN, David - Refugee - (Also wife & child)

DePANT, Henry A. - NY

DERRY, Patrick - PA

DESMOND, M. - MA - May be same as Desmond N.

DESMOND, N. - MA - May be same as Desmond M.

DEVAUSAWS or DEVERAUX, A. - NY 

DICHRICH, DIETRICK or LICTRICK, M. - NY

DILLINGER, Herman F. - IL

DOBBS, Howell - IL

DODSON, Charles M. - PA

DODSON, James - IL

DONALD - IL

DONALDSON, M. D. - OH - May be same as McDONALD, M. D.

DONGAN, George W. - IL

DORAN, Jacob - Refugee

DOWD, Michael - NY

DOWNER, Edward - MI

DOWNARD, J. - IL

DOWNING, J. C. - IA 

DRAKE, Miles A. - NY

DRAPER, Charles - IN 

DRESSELL, Augustus - IL

DUNCAN, W. - Refugee - (Also wife & child) 

DUNIVAN, James L. - IL 

DUNLAP, Hiram S. - IL

DUNN, Clarence - Refugee

DURENEAD, Adrian - Refugee

DYE, Leonard - OH

DYER, Joshua - MN

EASTMAN, Adam H. - NH

EBY, Harry J. - PA

EDWARDS, James - NY

EDWARDS, Thomas G. - MA

ELDER, Martin L. - IL 

ELINA, G. - IL

EMMERSON, John - Unknown

ENSCORE, George W. - IL

ENSCORE, James A. - IL 

ERICKSON, John - WI

EVANS, Robert - IL 

EVERETT, Lawrence - MI 

FARMER, John M. - IL

FARRAR, Thomas - Refugee

FERGUSON, Israel - NY

FERRELL, Mary - Refugee - (Also colored boy) 

FIELDS, John W. - IL

FILES, James P. - IL 

FINNEY or SINNEY, W. - MA (possibly Michael Finney)

FITZGERALD, John - IL

FITZGERALD, Joseph - IL

FLINN, Thomas - OH

FOOTE, William W. - PA

FORRESTER, Jacob H. - IL

FORRESTER, John W. - IL

FOWLER, William A.  - IL

FRENCH, Joel - IL

FRIEND, Thomas J. - IL

FULKERSON, Benjamin F. - OH

FULLER, Henry J. - IL 

GABLE, D. - IL

GAEDE, William F. - IL 

GALLIHER, William  - IL

GALLOWAY, Silas - NY

GALUSHA, George E. - NY | Todd Creekman

GAMBLE, Wilson M. - OH  | Brian McMurdo

GAMERY, R. - MI

GARLICK, George C. - PA

GARNER, William H. - IL

GARRISON, Peter - OH

GIBBS, James - Crew

GILESPIE, George - Crew

GILLMORE, James - Refugee - (Also wife & five children) 

GOHARE, GOOHORT or GOOHERT, E. - IL

GOULD, George - NY

GORE, John F. - IL - May be John T. E. Gore, Co. F.

GOUDY, Cyrus L. - IL

GOWDY, Henry P. - IL

GOWDY, John A. - IL

GOWDY, Milton B. - IL

GOWDY, William L. - IL

GRAY, Benjamin F. - IL

GREBLE, William A. - IL

GREEN, William - IL

GREGG, Augustus G. - NY

GRIFFITH, Joseph - IL

GRINDSTAFF, Preston N. - IL

GRIVER, James - IL

HALBECK, Paul T. - IL

HALL, Henry E. - IL

HALLBECK, Paul - IL

HALLECK, William C. - MI

HAMMOND, J. T. - Refugee - (Also a lady & two children) 

HANCOCK, John J. - IL 

HAPPE, Henry - NY

HARDER, George - NY

HARDIN, Solomon - IL

HARMAN, Charles - NY

HARWOOD, John - IL | Ron Gunter

HARRINGTON, William - Refugee

HARRIS, John - NY

HARTLETT, G. F. - MI

HASBROOK, George W. - NY

HATFIELD, Raleigh D. - OH

HAYES, James - Refugee - (Also wife & two children) 

HAYDON, John - Crew

HAZELWOOD, George W. - IL

HEARD, Richard - IL 

HELMICK, Thomas - IN

HELMNES, Richard - IL

HENRY, Charles - WI - May be same as WEURY, C., OH

HENRY, Gilbert J. - IL | Larry Adams

HEREFORD, Will - IL

HERMAN or HENNEN, W. - WV / VA

HEWER, George - WI

HICKS, Jordan - IL

HILL, James - IL

HINES, P. - MI

HOLLAWAY, Joiss - IL

HOLMES, George W. - IL

HOOD, William D. - IL

HORTON, Sylvester T. - OH

HOSICK, Francis M. - IL

HOUGHAN, D. - IL

HOWE, Anthony - NY

HUFF, Samuel A. - IL

HUFF, William F. - IL 

HULT, Peter Olsen - IL

HULTZ, H. - Refugee

HUMPHREYS, Matthew - IL

HUNT, E. - U. S. Regulars

HURST, John - IL

HURT, Henry - Refugee - (Also wife & three children) 

INSOLOER, R. - IL

ISHAM, Hiram J. - VT

JACKSON, Carol - IL

JAMES, H. - Refugee

JAMMERSON, William J. - IL

JARARD, J. A. - IL

JARVIS, Walter - OH

JENNINGS, William - IL

JENNINGS, William M. - IL

JOHANNSON, John - IL

JOHNSON, Albert E. - IL

JOHNSON, C. K. - Unknown

JOHNSON, Cornelius - IL

JOHNSON, Dickinson - PA

JOHNSON, George - Unknown

JOHNSON, Isaac - IL

JOHNSON, J. - IL

JOHNSON, John G. - PA

JOHNSON, Thomas G. - IL

JOHNSON, William - IL

JOINER, Josiah - IL

KELESTRY, W. W. - IL

KELLY, Thomas L. - NY

KENDALL, J. M. - NY

KENDALL, T. E. N. - NY

KILPATRICK, Jesse D. - IL

KING, B. H. or W. - TN - Possibly Benjamin W. King.

KING, E. B. - NY

KIRK, J. W. - TN

KISOR, H. - OH

KNIGHT, Horatio - NY

KREUSEN, John - PA

KROWN, J. M. - NY

KRUGER, Phillip - NY

LACER, John - IL

LACKS, Melchisdick - IL

LAMNARIES, D. C. - IL

LANIER, Thomas A. - IL

LANNING, Andrew B. - MI

LAURENZEN, John - MA

LEARY, A. - Refugee

LEE, Alex - Refugee

LEE, John E. - PA

LEMSAY or LEMSEY, P. - WV / VA

LEWIS, Isaiah - NY

LEWIS, John C. - IL

LEWNEE or LENNEE, A. - 35th NY or 35th NJ Res.  

LIETKIE, Charles A. - Refugee

LIMPARD, Frank - IL

LIVINGSTON, John W. - IL

LONG, Perry - IL

LONGLEY, F. Josephus - OH

LOOKINBILL, Andrew J. - IN

LORD, George G. - IL

LOSEY, Barnett - WV / VA | Darl Stephenson

MADDOX, Francis M. - IL

MAINES, J. - IL

MANN, Henry - IL

MANSFIELD, T. S. - Refugee

MARSH, Alfred F. - IL

MARSHALL, George - MI

MARTIN, Edwin A. - MI

MARTIN, Henry - NY

MARTIN, James - NY

MARTIN, James - IL

MASLEY, A. - IL

MAYHEW, Huston - MI

McCARTY, James - MA

McCULLEY, James R. - IL

McDADE, Robert J. - PA

McDONALD, C. - TN

McDONALD, J. - OH - May be same as McDOUALL, Joseph.

McDONALD, Joseph - OH

McDONALD, M. D. - OH - May be same as Donaldson, M. D.

McDONEL, D. - PA - May be same as McDowell, B.

McDOUALL, Joseph - OH - May be same as McDONALD, J.

McDOWELL, B. - PA - May be same as McDonel, D.

McDOWELL, C. - IA - Possibly John C. McDole.

McDOWELL, D. - PA - May be same as D. McDonel & B. McDowell.

McGINNIS, Michael - MI

McGRATH, Patrick - NY

McGUIRE, J. - Refugee

McKENZIE, George T. - IL

McKINZIE, William J. - IL

McLARDY, D. - Refugee

McMAKER, P. - IL - Probably Peter McMahon

McMERTY, Benjamin S. - IL

McMERTY, James R. - IL

McNELTY, Michael - Refugee

McQUADE, Peter - MI

McQUAY, Benjamin A. - IL

MERRITT, William E. - IL

METTETAL, Emile - MI | Dan LeBlond

MEUMERS, M. - MI

MEZO, Constant - IL

MEZO, John B. - IL

MEZO, Thomas G. - IL

MIDETTER, A. E. - IL

MILES, Alexander - NY

MILES, Drury - IL

MILES or MILLS, John F. - IL

MILES, Samuel - IL

MILLER, Elisha - IL 

MILTON, W. - PA

MITCHELL, Edward W. - IL

MOGNORS, Lewis - Refugee

MOORE, Stephen - IL

MORGAN, David - IL

MORRIS, Calvin P. - IA 

MORRIS, John B. - IL

MOSS, C. B. - Refugee

MOTT, Charles - NY

MUBY or MULLY, John - IL

MUNSON, Peter - IL

MURPHY, George - NY

MURPHY, James - IL

MURPHY, Patrick - MI

MURRAY, J. W. - IL

MURRAY, Perry G. - IA 

MUSEUM, B. - IL

MUSGRAVE, Asberry - IL

MUSGRAVE, James W. - IL

MYERS, R. M. - OH

MYERS, M. - IL (possibly Mathias Myer)

NATIONS, Anderson W. - IL

NATIONS, James L. - IL

NAUMAN, Francis - NY

NICKERSON, William R. - IL

NORMAN, John - IL

NORTH, Granville - NY

NORTHAM, Albert - PA

NULL, William H. - IL 

O'HARA, P. - Refugee

O'NEIL, Franklin - KY

O'ROOKE, James - IL

OTLEN, Henry - IL

OWEN, David - IL

OZMENT, Martin H. - IL | Larry Adams

PAISON, A. - Refugee

PARKER, Perry - IL

PARSONS, Joseph - PA

PATE, Wesley - IL

PATTERSON, Golson - IL

PAUL, H. D. - NY

PEARSON, Abraham C. - IL

PEEPLES, George Washington  - IL

PENCE, John - IL

PEOPLES, John - Crew

PERRY, James R. - IL

PERRY, Leroy - IL

PHILLIPS, Jackland H. - OH

PHILLIPS, Richard M. - PA

PHILLIPS, Roswell O. P. - IL

PIERCE, Joseph - IL

PIKE, Moses - PA

PLASTER or PLASTERS, Isaac - IL

PLUMLEE, Lemuel F. - IL

PORTER, H. - NY

PRESSEY, Samuel - (Colored) - Crew

PURT, J. - MI 

QUINLAN, Jeremiah - NY  | Lise Doss

RAINS, Henson G. - IL

RANKIN, George W. - IL

RATLIFF, J. W. - OH 

RAY, Leander - IL

RAY, Williams - IL

REAM, Franklin - PA

REAMS, Woody - IL

RENALDS, W. F. - IL

REYNOLDS, Daniel - IL

REYNOLDS, James A. - IL

RHODES, J. - IA  

RHODES, Jacob - IL

RICKEY, John C. - NY

RILEY, J - OH

RITTER, Thomas B. - IL

ROBBINS, Madison - PA

ROBINSON, James R. - IL

ROCKFELLER, William - NY

ROGAN, J. - Refugee

ROLLINS, Jesse M. - IL 

ROYCE, Edward F. - NY

RUDOLPH, Charles - IL

RUGH, William - 31st IL or 11th PA - Paroled Prisoner - Possibly William Raugh, Co. F, 31st IL.

RUSSELL, C. A. - 1st VT or VA Cavalry - Paroled Prisoner 

RUSSELL, Stephen E. - Refugee 

SACKETT, Alexander T. - IA 

SALESMAS, Nicholas - IL

SALLEE, Felix G. - IL

SALLIOTTE, Samuel - MI

SCHOLOBER, Edward W. - Refugee

SCHOLTZ, A. - Refugee

SCHUAN, F. - Refugee

SEELY, Samuel - IL

SELVAGE, John T. - IL

SHABER, W. - Refugee

SHAFFER, Mr. - Refugee

SHANAHAN, William - Refugee

SHANEHAN, Nicholas - IN

SHANK, John - OH

SHASTEEN, Chester B. - IL

SHAW, Newton - IL

SHELL, H. - Refugee - (Also colored boy) 

SHELL, L. W. - Refugee

SHERRILL, Alexander - IL

SHIPMAN, Daniel - IL

SHRUM, George W. - IL

SIMPKINS, Edgar - NY

SIMPSON or SAMSON, G. - OH

SIMPSON, James - IL

SIMPSON, Robert - OH

SLANKARD, Joshua - IL

SMALHOUSE, Alfred - IL

SMITH, Emile - PA

SMITH, Hiram S. - OH

SMITH, J. - IN

SMITH, J. - MI

SMITH, J. or S. - NY

SMITH, Jacob - WV / VA

SMITH, John A. - Refugee

SMITH, Joseph - IL

SMITH, O. or J. - MI

SMITH, Philip - IL

SMITH, Phillip - Crew

SMITH, Simon E. - IL

SMITH, Thomas W. - OH

SMITH, W. - MI

SMITH, W. W. - NY

SMITH, William - IL

SMITH, William R. - OH 

SNELL, Sephia - NY

SNYDER, John - Refugee- (Also wife & three children) 

SPANN, Thomas C. - IL 

SPENCER, A. or S. - NY

SPENCER, John - OH

SPHYSE, W. - IL

SPRUELL, Charles - IL

SPRY, Frank - IL 

STADTLER, George - Refugee - (Also wife) 

STEELE, Benjamin F. - IL

STEPHENS, Calvin - IL

STEPHENSON, William - IL

STITT, W. E. - IL

STORMS, James - NY

STRATTON, Jacob - IL 

STROTTNER, George - IL

STURTZ, Jacob - PA

STUTT, T. - IL

SULLIVAN, James M. - IL

SULLIVAN, Thomas - NY

SUMMERS, George H. - PA

SUMMERS, J. - IL 

SUMMERS, William - IL

SUTLIFF, Elbert - CT

SUTLIFF, John B. - IL

SWANNER, Benjamin Franklin - IL

SWARTZ, Jacob - IL

SWARTZ, John - IL

TANQUARY, James C. - IL | Elizabeth Putnam Noblitt

TARRANT, Elisha C. - IL

TATE, William C. - IL

TAYLOR, William H. - IL

TEUBNER, Edward - PA | John Cawley

THROGMORTON, Josiah - IL

THOMPSON, John H. - KY

THOMPSON, J. C. - OH

TOUISON, Green B. - IL

TOWNEY, Robert P. - IL

TRUSSELL, Edgar D. - IL

UPTON, William W. - IL

VAMEALY, J. - IL

VAUGHN, John - IL

VEACH, Jesse - IL

VERBECK, Josiah - IL 

VINCENT, George L. - IL

WADE, Peter - OH

WALKER, Hubbard M. - NY

WALKER, William P. - IL

WALLER, Archibald N. - IL

WARD, John - KY 

WARD, Minott - Crew 

WARNER or WINER, H. - MI

WARNER, R. H. - Refugee

WATERS, Henry T. - IL

WEBB, James A. - IL

WEBB, William R. - IL

WEBER, William E. - IL

WEFLER, John - OH

WEIR, Albert - IL

WELDON, J. - MI - Possibly Patrick Weldon 

WELLIVER, John R. - IL

WERNSHUIGH, P. - IL

WEST, Will H. - IL

WEURY, C. - OH - May be same as Charles Henry

WEYL, Robert - IL

WHEALLY, J. W. - IL

WHITE, George - IL

WHITE, James - IL

WHITE, William W. - PA

WHITEHEAD, John - IL

WILEY, Hialmer B. - IL

WILHITE, Isaac Newton - IL

WILKES - IL

WILLE, S. H. - IL

WILLIAMS, Cyrus P. - PA

WILLIAMS, Mrs. D. M. E. - Refugee

WILLIAMS, David - IL

WILLIAMS, George W. - IL

WILLIAMS, Jerry - IL

WILLIAMS, Simon P. - IL

WILLIAMS, W. - PA (Probably William Williams)

WILLIARD, Samuel W. - NY

WILLS, J. M. - IL

WILSFORD, Wiley W. - IL

WILSON, J. - NH 

WILSON, Rufus P. - TN

WIMPRESS, John T. - PA

WINDER, Robert H. - IL

WINDHOM, C. - Refugee

WINDHOM, D. - Refugee - (Also wife & child) 

WINDHOM, H. - Refugee

WINKLES, David - IL

WINN, James - IL

WITTY, Hiram W. - KY

WOODARD, James W. - IL

WOODS, O. - IL

YEATTS, Joseph B. - PABernard Yeatts

YINGST, Simon S. - IL

YORK, William - IL

YOUNG, John - IL

YOUNG, Joseph - VT

ZIEUR or ZIMM, James W. - OH - Possibly James Zinn

ZUCH, Lewis - OH