CORPORAL MELANCTHON STARR LYON

Unknown DOB – March 4, 1864 (unknown location); unknown age
Enlisted April 24, 1861
Mustered in May 14, 1861
Unit: 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company G (3 months)
Mustered in again on September 23, 1861
Unit: 8th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, Company H
Promoted to Corporal on September 23, 1861
Reduced in rank to Private on December 1, 1863

Born to Henry B. Lyon (1816-1841) and Lydia Disbrow Lyon (?-1907).

Died March 4, 1864 of Pharyngitis.

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Burial information is unknown.

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