Loss of the Sultana

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - War & Military, Biography & Autobiography, Modern (19th C)

Authors: Chester D. Berry In Year : 1892

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Loss of the Sultana

Introduction
The Burning of the Sultana
Official Correspondance
N. Wintringer - Chief Engineer
Henry J. Lyda
C.W. Abbaduska
Hosea C. Aldrich
Daniel Allen
Hiram Allison
George Anderson
P.S. Atchley
Murry S. Baker
Otto Bardon
Wm. Barnes
George Bement
Chester D. Berry
Wm. Boor
Wm. Bracken
James K. Brady
Joseph Bringman
A.C. Brown
Michael Brunner
Wm. Carver
Abraham Cassel
Simeon D. Chelf
William A. Christine
F.A. Clapsaddle
George A. Clarkson
George M. Clinger
J.S. Cook
Wm. Crisp
Ben C. Davis
John Davis
L.A. Deerman
J.W. Dunsmore
J. Walter Elliott
William Fies
Nathaniel Foglsong
Martin Frazee
W.S. Friesner
Henry Gambill
Daniel Garber
Stephen M. Gaston
W.N. Goodrich
N.W. Gregory
Samuel C. Haines
Ogilvie E. Hamblin
Robert N. Hamilton
Absalom N. Hatch
Jacob Helminger
William S. Hill
Wiley J. Hodges
P.L. Horn
Ira B. Horner
Jacob Horner
W.A. Huld
John H. James
C.J. Johnson
Lewis Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnston
A.A. Jones
Nicholas Karns
E.J. Kennedy
Rinaldon Kimmell
Albert W. King
George A. King
Hugh Kinser
Henry J. Kline
John H. Kochenderfer
C.J. Lahue
Adam Leake
Asa E. Lee
Wesley Lee
Thomas C. Love (alias Thomas Long)
William Lugenbeal
W.P. Madden
Jotham W. Maes
Jerry Mahony
Jesse Martin
Joseph H. Mayes
George B. McCord
L.W. McCrory
Wm. A. McFarland
Epenetus W. McIntosh
Daniel McLeod
L.G. Morgan
A.J. Mourning
A. Nihart
C.M. Nisley
John W. Norcutt
Albert Norris
Joseph B. Norris
J.E. Norton
Wm. H. Norton
Stewart Oxley
Thomas Pangle
Joshua S. Patterson
William H. Peacock
W.G. Porter
Samuel H. Raudebaugh
Christian Ray
George F. Robinson
Peter Roselot
Robert Rule
O.C. Russell
S.F. Sanders
C.S. Schmutz
C.G. Seabury
W.R. Shaul
I.N. Sheaffer
Payton Shields
A. Shoemaker
W.T. Shummard
J.L. Slick
Commodore Smith
Truman Smith
Edward Sorgen
M.H. Sprinkle
E.J. Squire
Joseph Stevens
George W. Stewart
Samuel Stubberfield
Perry S. Summerville
Wm. Thayer
Marian Thomas
Samuel J. Thrasher
Caswell C. Tipton
Wilson S. Tracey
Robert A. Trent
Isaac Van Nuys
J.W. Vanscoyve
Alonzo A. Van Vlack
Albert Varnell
G.W. Watts
William Wendt
M.C. White
Nathan S. Williams
William H. Williams
George N. Young
J.P. Zaizer

April, 1865. The country was in turmoil. The U.S. Civil War had come to an end, thousands of Union prisoners of war had recently been released, and President Lincoln had just been assassinated. The steamship 'Sultana' left New Orleans on April 21st, traveled to Vicksburg, Mississippi where it took on 1,965 federal soldiers and 35 officers, all recently released prisoners of war, most of them held at the prison camps of Cahaba (or Cahawba, near Selma, Alabama) and Andersonville (in southwest Georgia), and now finally headed for their homes. The 'Sultana' arrived in Memphis, Tennessee on April 26th and headed north toward Cairo, Illinois carrying over 2,100 passengers, but designed for a capacity of only 376. At approximately 2:00 a.m. of the 27th, mere hours after the assassination of John Wilkes Booth, the 'Sultana' mysteriously exploded while steaming about 7 miles north of Memphis, killing over 1,500 on board (estimates vary). The sole reason this incident received such scant attention at the time, and ever since, is the fact that the country was understandably absorbed in the recent assassinations. Subsequent inquiry into the 'Sultana' disaster would uncover some startling revelations into its cause, some believe leading directly to the topmost levels of the U.S. Government. The loss of the 'Sultana' was the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history, up until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This book, composed by Chester Berry, one of the survivors, is unique in that it gives firsthand account from well over 100 of the survivors of the tragedy in their own words. Note - The online e-text (link provided) includes 3 lists for reference that are not included in this audio release: 1 - An official list of prisoners of war on the Sultana, including company served with 2 - Persons known to have been on board the Sultana, but not reported 3 - Name, Company, Regiment, and present (1892) residence of living survivors ( Roger Melin)