Chinese Yankee
Subtitle: a true story from the civil war
By: by Ruthanne Lum McCullum
Publisher: Design Enterprises of San Francisco
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780932538963
Subjects: Chinese American Participation; Chinese Americans; History
Description: "Chinese Yankee by Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. Only sixteen at the outbreak of war, Thomas ran north, joined the Freedom Army, and was blinded in the first major campaign. He failed to fully recover his sight and, deemed incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, was discharged. Yet he reenlisted twice, saved his regiment's colors during the bloodbath of Spotsylvania, was lamed at Cold Harbor, and survived 9 months imprisonment in the dreaded Andersonville stockade. His health broken, but his spirit intact, he battled for survival and justice for his family and himself until his death in 1891. He was, as the New York Times noted on June 22, 1891, 'singular.'"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.