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Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors (Voices Of The Civil War) | 
 enlarge | Creators: David Madden, Chester D. Berry
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 708306
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1572333723
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.771
EAN: 9781572333727
ASIN: 1572333723
Publication Date: July 28, 2005
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Reprint of a Classic, Plus March 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dr. David Madden founded the Civil War website at LSU and is a real student of the war. This book gives accounts by the survivors of the largest maritime disaster in our nation's history--more lives lost than on the Titanic. The disaster occurred so close to the Lincoln Assassination and Booth Chase and so near the end of the Civil War that it has been largely lost to history.
Many of the soldiers were former prisoners of war at Andersonville (GA) and Cahaba (AL) and were weakened from near starvation. My ancestor was a private in the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (USA) that had been captured by Gen. N.B. Forrest at Sulphur Springs Trestle, Alabama (near Athens, AL). He survived the disaster, floated to shore at Memphis (the sinking was eight miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi at the Hens and Chickens Islands), walked home to Monroe County (south of Knoxville) and fathered six children, my grandmother included.
Dr. Madden's introduction to the book is worth the entire cost, as he covers the essentials admirably.
Books by Jerry Potter and Gene Salecker give more details on the disaster, the packet boat itself and the trial attempting to assess the responsibility for vast overcrowding, but these first person accounts are priceless.
The annual reunion of the Sultana Descendents will be held in Athens, Alabama on April 13-14, 2007 with Dr. Madden present and speaking.
J.C. Tumblin, Past-President
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable
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