1.2.1.4.1 Mariam L. Lyon  |
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| Line | (Capt. John, Isaac, Nathaniel, John, Edward, John, John, Noah, Hannah H.) |
| Spouse | William DeWitt Johnson |
A veteran of the Civil War. ROLL OF HONOR Born Lowell, Mass., June 22, 1843. Enlisted in Rutland, Vt., private Co. G, 5th Vermont Infantry, was mustered into service Sept. 16, 1861. He was in service all through the Shenandoah Valley campaign under Generals Sheridan and Custer. His official records show that he was in twenty-eight battles Mechanicsville, Malvern Hill, Charlestown, Cedar Creek, Appomattox, Lees Mills and others. He was taken prisoner June 29, 1862, at the battle of Savage Station; taken to Belle Isle, where he was ill with diphtheria. He had a ten-dollar gold piece and so procured salt, pepper and vinegar, and digging a hole in the sand, which filled with water, he was able to keep his throat bandaged until it discharged, leaving him so weak that he was obliged to crawl on the ground. He was found by a fellow prisoner, who had him taken to Libby Prison, where he remained eighty-two days, until his father came, and he was paroled, brought home on a stretcher, only weighing eighty-four pounds. While lying in prison he was paralyzed so that he was ordered carried to the dead house, but, rallied so that he could move his eyelids when they came for him. He was discharged for disability Oct. 30, 1862. In a year he re-enlisted in Co. E, 5th Vermont Cavalry, was in many battles until he was wounded, April 1, 1865, at the battle of Five Forks, Va., a gunshot wound that injured his left arm and wrist, so that he had the use of only one hand for the remainder of his life. Mr. Johnson was promoted to sergeant Nov. 19, 1864 (second enlistment). He was discharged June 8, 1865, at the close of the war. Mr. Johnson died at his home in Rutland, Vermont, Sept. 14, 1904. |
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| Children | Melvin F. |
| Rollin W. | |
| Franklin L. | |
| Lillian M. |