Andersonville Prisoners Added to Official List
It is official: The names of James W. Landon and John S. Lemmon have been added to the List of Andersonville Prisoners, I learned in a letter from a park guide at the Andersonville National Historic Site and a follow-up email from Lead Park Ranger Kim Humber. They join their comrade, Landon W. Silcott, with whom they were captured in 1864. Silcott's name was the only one of the three listed. For those of you who have been following the story, noted in my August 30 and September 20 posts, as well as a topic on Flickr's Veteran's of the American Civil War group, the case is closed — 144 years after their release.
Labels: andersonville, cavalry, civil war, confederate, iowa, james w. landon, john s. lemmon, kim humber, landon w. silcott, park ranger, prisoner, union
posted by Ron Coddington at 2:07 PM
2 Comments:
could you paost a copy of the letter stating that they were added to the list, please?
In September 2008, Andersonville National Historic Site Lead Park Ranger Kim Humber received documents noting that James W. Landon and John S. Lemmon were held at Andersonville and confirmed that their names would be added to the list. The names have yet to be added to the online database.
On a related note: In 2004, I requested that Darwin King of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery be added. He was previously unlisted. After a review the park confirmed my findings and added his name, although it took some time to appear in the database.
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