Sultana Shipwreck - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Andrew Pouder

MARKW6 — 2013-05-31 10:27:13Z

I am looking for any information concerning ANDREW POUTER a Sultana survivor.... he was born in Cincinnati Ohio. Any info would be helpful and appreciated. Mark

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

droyer158 — 2013-03-04 19:40:00Z

according to what I have heard there were animals on board the ship -- per Gene Salecker there were also civilians on ship -- gene is a part of our group that meets every year -- this year we are meeting at the andersonville prision area.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

droyer158 — 2013-03-04 19:37:27Z

I am searching for information on John T. Alexander who was on the Sultana -- according to the government role he survived -- i have proof that he did not with pension papers that were awarded to my gg-grandmother and g-grandmother who was only 8 at the time of his death. I would like to find out something about the Alexander family -- not sure where he was from -- I know they lived in the Bartholomew County, Indiana area. I belong to the Remember the Sultana group that will be meeting at the Andersonville prision area this April.

Re: sultana deaths

MARKW6 — 2013-02-17 05:41:01Z

My name is Mark Willoughby, I live here in Cincinnati and have researched The Sultana now for four years for The History Channel. I am very interested in the construction of The Sultana here in Cincinnati ..... I believe I know what The Sultana looked like inside and know what the furnishings looked like. Lincoln's death and 660,000 killed during The Civil War overshadowed The Sultana disaster ...... the hell the men went through at Cahaba and Andersonville then The Sultana explosion ...... how sad ........ Mark

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

ncs1151 — 2013-01-08 14:13:09Z

The book "Disaster on the Mississippi" by Gene Salecker (1996) has a wonderful list of all passengers on the ill-fated Sultana that he verified himself. The troops are divided by state, regiment and name.

For the 95th Ohio, there's a "Van Horn, Burriss" Private, Co. F, who survived and was sent to Soldier's Hospital in Memphis. I would say this is most likely your ancestor, James.

The other brother, Authur, died in April 1864 so it was impossible that he was on the Sultana since it exploded on April 27, 1865.

Norman Shaw, Founder, The Sultana Association, Knoxville, TN shawclan4@bellsouth.net

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

tgoldutah — 2013-01-08 01:44:04Z

Could this be who you were looking for?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sm...;

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

tgoldutah — 2013-01-08 01:39:42Z

Can you confirm that brothers James Burris VanHorn and Arthur J. VanHorn were on board? Supposedly both survived, but Arthur died in Tennessee at a veterans hospital of smallpox.

James was born abt 1831 and died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83...

Arthur was born abt 1833 and died:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41...;

Both signed up for the service on the same day... not much is known about Arthur's service but several records exist for James.

Any additional information would be helpful if it exists.

Cindy Thredgold

comments regarding this statement

phebe74 — 2012-12-16 20:59:41Z

The following statement appeated in the Chattanooga on line paper. It was written by Chuck Hamilton. I have never heard anything about this. Does anyone out there know any further details. I have written to ChucK Hamilton and asked his source. Phebe Morgan phebem@comcast.net

On 27 April 1865, Confederate Secret Service operative Robert Louden used a coal torpedo (a bomb made to look like a lump of coal) to sink the SS Sultana on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, killing 1600-1800 of its 2400 passengers, most of them former POW’s from the Union Army. It remains the biggest maritime disaster in U.S. history and arguably the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil prior to 9/11/2001.

sultana deaths

phebe74 — 2012-04-15 13:30:10Z

With all the goings on regarding the Titanic, why is there never a word about the 1,700 (est.) deaths on the Sultana?

William Davis Co G, 5th TN from Hamilton Co TN died, he could not swim.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

LSchulte825 — 2012-04-15 08:43:04Z

Mark:

Can you check for a Valentine Flaherty? He was in the 6th KY Calvary, Company K and a survivor of Andersonville. I've always wondered if he was aboard the Sultana.

Thanks,

Laura
(LSchulte@insightbb.com0

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

1_Karensam — 2011-12-04 03:30:14Z

I am a great great grandaughter of a survivor of the sultana, Drury Wittenbarger. Who left the south and fought for the north. Fought against his own brothers. I know where his grave site is and all the info is on his grave marker. I am very intersested in all that happened that day. Karen W Russell

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

Cleveland14c — 2011-10-14 22:41:07Z

could you please check your List for Gilford and Isaac Morrison.(Brothers) From What I understand Isaac was never accounted for and Gilford died and he is buried at Memphis National Cemetery. (I have a photo of his grave marker)I read once that gulford was found alive and transported to a hospital and later died.. Any Clues would be appreciated. I also have a photo of gulfords Burial Site, and diffrent enlistment papers and pensions
Thank You Lorressa Ensley
lensley@hughes.net

Re: Gulford and Isaac Morrison

Cleveland14c — 2011-10-14 03:34:56Z

I also Have enlistment papers and pension copies for this family, Stories, and a photo of Gulford and Isaac.
Lorressa
lensley@hughes.net

Gulford and Isaac Morrison

Cleveland14c — 2011-10-14 03:32:37Z

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

sherve23 — 2011-10-08 19:05:11Z

Not sure if any list is complete. Here is a relative of mine that per the NA Pension record of my GGG Grandmother should be on your list. I did not find him listed in another book that I am reading.

Moses SMITH Jr.
Enlistment Date: 14 October 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 October 1864 in Lexington, KY, Age 18.
Enlisted in Company K, 4th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 26 October 1864 in Louisville, KY.
Detailed on 01 February 1865 at Hospital, Waterloo, AL (Detailed as nurse)
Died 27 April 1865, drowned on the Steamer Sultana, Age 19.

Sultana Survivor, Jonathan Bisher, Ohio

dondworth — 2011-06-26 21:57:21Z

The obituary for my ancestor states "He was on board the unfortunate steamer which was burned on the Mississippi River on its upward passage with returning Union soldiers, when many lives were lost." My ancestor was Jonathan Bisher (1811-1887) of Highland Co. Ohio. He served in the 24th OVI and the 2nd Ohio Cavalry, He was a prisoner at Andersonville. He survived the Sultana tragedy and lived out his life at the Dayton's Soldier Home.

~Carley Bisher Worth
carleyworth@ucla.edu

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

ncs1151 — 2010-11-24 16:30:22Z

Hello!

I have some information which may be of help.

An excellent source to locate soldiers who were on the Sultana and their fate is the Appendix of the book Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865 by Gene Salecker (1996).

Checking the Mich. troops, I find one Alonzo Smith, 22nd Mich. Inf., Co. K, Sgt., who died.

From reading Salecker's book and an earlier one in 1992 by Jerry Potter called Sultana Tragedy (1992) I know that hundreds of bodies were never recovered from the Miss. River. Scores more washed up on shore down river but had no identification.

Lastly, out of the 800 initial survivors from being pulled out of the river, 300 died in Memphis hospitals so their identity was known. These were first buried in a local cemetery but later transferred to the National Cemetery in Memphis. However, many names were lost during the transfer when the names chalked on the caskets were washed off during a rainstorm during the transport process.

From this information, I would think the third Alonzo in your list is your man. He could have died on the Sultana with no record of his burial since 1) his body was never recovered 2) body recovered with no identity 3) survived the initial disaster but later died in a Memphis hospital but was one of those who names was washed off the casket during the rain storm.

The Sultana Association will hold its 23rd reunion in Mansfield, Ohio, April 23rd and 24th, 2011. Contact me if you would like more information.

Norman Shaw, Founder, Association of Sultana Descendants and Friends

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

Scobell1 — 2010-11-24 07:39:55Z

Another thing to try is to see if a Worth Twp newspaper obit was done up on Alonzo. Just a thought.

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

ali984tee — 2010-11-24 07:25:37Z

Thank you so much for your help! Alonzo is my gg-grandmother's first husband. They were both about 20 years old, she had two small babies when he enlisted. I just couldn't imagine horror and pain that he went through during the war, then in the prison for so long. And then to have this awful tragedy happen when he was finally on his way home. Just so awful!

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

Scobell1 — 2010-11-24 07:03:54Z

I came across your message because I was doing a search for the roster of Co. K, 22nd Infantry, MI. Your Alonzo was in the same unit as my great grandfather, who died of disease in the Civil War after being incarcerated from Andersonville Prison. He was sent to an army hospital in Maryland after being paroled out of Andersonville, but died there and was buried there, so I know how hard it is to find out where they are buried if they never made it home. A cousin provided me with a copy of his military records and that told me where he was buried. Perhaps if you were able to get Alonzo's they would say where he is buried. That one Alonzo's death record has a different death date so probably it's not yours. Sultana websites say that not all the bodies were recovered. Most of the ones that were recovered were buried in Memphis National Cemetery. They were pulling bodies out of the water for a week or two after the accident. I thought maybe Alonzo's body floated down the river and was found and buried in that place I sent you. They may not have known when he died and put the find date as a death date--or I thought he may have lived longer than thought. That's only a slim possibility. I noticed at the bottom of the information in your post that the army said he survived the Sultana explosion. Maybe he did for a while, but died later from the burns. Can you imagine having to travel in filthy conditions with 1st degree burns all over your body. Even if he survived the explosion the chances of making it home alive were probably next to nothing. I'll keep my eye out for your Alonzo.

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

ali984tee — 2010-11-24 06:32:07Z

I really appreciate your help! I did look around a bit in hopes that this was the correct person. According to Michigan in the War website, there are three Alonzo Smiths from Michigan, the one I am searching for is from Worth Twp., Sanilac County. Below is what I found there.

Smith, Alonzo
1st Cavalry, Company L
Home Town: Armada, Death: Jun 5, 1864

Smith, Alonzo D.
7th Cavalry, Company A,
Home Town: Grand Rapids, Death: Jun 2, 1865

Smith, Alonzo K.
22nd Infantry, Company K,
Home Town: Worth, Death: Apr 27, 1865

http://www.michiganinthewar.org/sroh.htm

Re: Alonzo K. Smith - Company K, 22nd Infantry, MI

Scobell1 — 2010-11-23 23:29:28Z

I'm wondering if this is your Alonzo K Smith. Once website on the Sultana explosion said many of the dead were buried in Memphis National Cemetery but your Alonzo wasn't there. In doing a search on the National Cemeteries website at http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1?e=24ec507... I found this Alonzo Smith, but if it is your Alonzo, he would have lived almost a month after the explosion:
SMITH, ALONZO
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 06/02/1865
BURIED AT: SECTION 45 SITE 1394
JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY
2900 SHERIDAN ROAD ST. LOUIS, MO 63125
(314) 845-8320

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

jmcelhan1 — 2010-09-10 20:20:43Z

Hi Mr. Davis,

My name is Leann McElhaney and I believe that my 4th great grandfather, Bartley R. McMurray (mispelled Bartly R. McMurray or Bartly Russell McMurray) of Blount County, Tennessee, was on the Sultana. Family oral history has been told that he survived, although he could not swim, by hanging on to a dead animal that was floating in the water (although after reading many accounts I believe it was more likely a dead person as I have not seen in any accounts that there were animals on board).

Thanks so much for your time,
Leann McElhaney

Re: Sultana Survivor Jonathan ROACH

CHAR_LANKFORD — 2010-08-19 01:22:01Z

Hi,
I have new email.
Please forward any reply about Roach, Jonathan,to deroach@bellsouth.net

John Winkelman

jlsfjs — 2010-08-18 03:40:19Z

I am told that this man is related to my family in some way. I am attempting to find the connection. I know he survived the sinking of the Sultana as clearly described in his Diary. I appreciate any information provided.
~J~

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

Briana5555 — 2010-06-22 05:23:00Z

Mark - A couple of years ago I ran across references to one or more of my family names in reference to the Sultana - some survived and some were lost & I think at least one of the family names included brothers (lost and survived). I can't remember the family names though.

Looking for anyone from Alabama, specifically Etowah, Blount, Marshall, DeKalb, St. Clair Counties. Surnames include: Battles, Brothers, Conn, Galloway, Gilliland, Hopper, Lee, and Morton. I am especially inclined to believe it was the Battles line. I would suspect either these were civilians or workers, as they were likely from a family of Confederates vs. Union soldiers.

If it's not too much trouble, could you check those names or locations?

Thanks!
Briana Felch

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

hoplite152 — 2010-06-15 15:21:30Z

Hello Mark, I am researching a soldier who is buried in Oahu Cemetery in Honolulu. His name, as recorded on his tombstone, is James Devlin. Other sources list him as James Develin or James Denver. Devlin appears to have served in the 1st Delaware Infantry and in the (Union) 10th Tennessee Cavalry. The same source that puts him in the 10th Cavalry states that he was a Sultana survivor. Does he appear in the appendices to the Salecker book on the Sultana disaster?

Thanks,
Richard Griffin
hoplite@earthlink.net

August Held, 24th Missouri

NNickolaus1 — 2010-06-13 04:26:34Z

I am looking for information on August Held, an Andersonville Prisoner he was initially reported as killed on the Sultana but eventually he managed to report at Fort Benton in St. Louis. After that he disappears. Any information would be helpful.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

leeann1546 — 2010-03-18 12:12:10Z

Thanks so much for this. Four brothers fought in the Civil war James, George W Phenice (should also be records for him, they are listed on this site...same company taken to Andersonville with James but was taken Oct 1864 to Milledgeville (where strangely he was allowed to vote in presidential election..then to Florida and finally paroled for exchange in Florence Ala.) John and William also brother in civil war...amazingly they all survived. Lewis Phenicie was a first cousin. Thanks again
Lee Ann Chapman

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

AndersonvillePOW — 2010-03-18 01:24:13Z

Our records at Andersonville show the following.

Code No: 57885
Grave No: 0
Last Name: Phenice
First Name: James M.
Rank: Corporal
Company: A
Regiment: 29
State: Indiana
Branch Of Service : Infantry
Date of Death:
Cause of Death:
Remarks* Exchanged April 1, 1865; mustered out June 6, 1865
Reference: IN ADG RPT, VOL IV: 656
Place Captured: Chickamauga, Georgia
Date Captured: 9/19/1863
Alternate Names:
Status: Survived Andersonville
Muster date: 9/13/1861
Age at Muster:
More Information Available : NO

Civilwardata.com shows....

James Phenecie

Residence Fremont IN;
Enlisted on 9/13/1861 as a Private.

On 9/13/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. IN 29th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 6/6/1865

He was listed as:
* POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

Also two others... Brothers?

Lewis Phenecie

Residence Fremont IN;
Enlisted on 8/27/1861 as a Private.

On 8/27/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. IN 29th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 1/1/1864
He was Mustered Out on 12/2/1865 at Marietta, GA

Promotions:
* Corpl

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

William C. Phenecie

Residence Fremont IN;
Enlisted on 10/7/1861 as a Private.

On 10/7/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. IN 29th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 2/21/1865

He was listed as:
* POW 9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com

Kevin
Andersonville Historian / NPS Volunteer

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

louisintres — 2010-03-17 12:29:18Z

Lee Ann;
My sincere thanks for your interest in saing all these individual stories for posterity. I assure you the information you send will be well cared for.

Louis Intres
Department of Heritage Studies
Arkansas State University

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

leeann1546 — 2010-03-17 10:54:20Z

Louis

A large envelope is on its way to you, you should receive it within the week
cheers
Lee Ann

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

leeann1546 — 2010-03-17 10:51:04Z

Thanks for offerning Mark

My great great James Madison Phenicie was a survivor, would you mind checking if he is on the list? We have his transfer docs from Andersonville, in those he is listed as J.M. Phenicie, corporal, Ill regiment, however he was actually with the Indiana volunteers. We have documents that he was a survivor, curious if he is on the list you have. Phenicie is one of the rarest and unusual names so sometimes the spelling is butchered Finnessy etc.
thanks
Lee Ann

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

louisintres — 2010-03-14 06:07:50Z

Lee Ann;
My sincere thanks. I look forward to receiving the information about your ancestor. I am working on an archival project at Arkansas State University and am hoping that many decendants of Sultana passengers will send me the stories of their family members.

Louis Intres
Department of Heritage Studies
P.O.Box 1690
State University Arkansas 72467
Visiting Scholar, Interpol U.S.National Central Bureau
Washington D.C.
louis.intres@smail.astate.edu

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

louisintres — 2010-03-14 06:07:49Z

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

leeann1546 — 2010-03-13 21:12:39Z

Hello Louis

I will mail you a copy of the document I have as well as a copy of the family story.
I will not be able to make it this year but would be interested in keeping track of the annual meetings. Are they posted somewhere?
cheers
Lee Ann Chapman

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

louisintres — 2010-03-12 22:43:30Z

Dear Leeann1546; as well as anyone interested in the Sultana shipwreck.
My name is Louis Intres, and I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Heritage Studies Department of Arkansas State University. I joined this organization a year ago and attended the meeting in Knoxville, Tn. I am presently working on a project to set up an archive in the Arkansas state University Library and Museum on the campus in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Our campus is located only 45 miles from the location where the Sultana sank in the Mississippi river. We are setting up a permanent research archive for the men who were on the Sultana.
It is our hope and task to collect documents and stories about each and every man, woman and child aboard the Sultana on thet fateful voyage. I am asking each family to provide me with photocopies of their research and all documents relating to their ancestors so that we can archive them here at our University. We would like to establish one place where researchers, historians and families can come to for all the possible information about the ship and those aboard.
You may give your historical documents to me at the annual meeting in Chattanooga, in April< or send them to me at: Louis Intres, Department of Heritage Studies,P.O.Box 1690, State University Arkansas, 72467.
I will be attending the annual meeting in Chattanooga and will arrive on Thursday night. I will be available all day on Friday to interview you about your ancestor. I hope that many of you will look me up at the hotel and allow me to speak with you about your family history and its relationship to the Sultana.
You do not lose control of the information and are only sharing it with academics, scholars and researchers who wish to write about their histories.
I look forward to meetin many new friends and receiving your family's stories.

Sincerely;
Louis Intres

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

leeann1546 — 2010-03-10 15:10:29Z

Hi
I don't know if you are still collecting data. My great great grandfather was on the Sultana. James Madison Phenicie was being exchanged as a prisoner from Andersonville(records can be obtained on this cite-although wrongly shows him from Ill, he was with the Indiana volunteers captured in Battle of Shiloh Nov 1863) he was released April 1865 and boarded the Sultana in New Orleans. I have my great aunts detailed essay she wrote on it from his own words in about 1905. He describes the horror in great detail. He managed to survive by clinging to a board, spent the night in water and in the morning floated by a tree he managed to grab.

Ships Log

Kirk_Sellman — 2009-09-13 01:41:35Z

Does a ships log exist for the Sultana? My ancestor was supposed to have been transported by the Sultana during the Civil War and I would like to confirm that that is true.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

jamyers196 — 2009-09-12 20:58:45Z

I am researching Lucas Harter, whom I believe was killed aboard the Sultana. Lucas served with Co B 22nd Indiana Cavalry. I understand he was an ex-POW. Any additional information you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Judy

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

jamyers196 — 2009-09-12 19:36:37Z

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

allisonmcelroy2410 — 2009-04-15 16:29:54Z

Hi - I'm looking for information on Sultana survivor Delavan Smith, from Michigan. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Allison

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

kellymccreary23 — 2008-07-24 15:37:35Z

Sorry it has taken be so long to get back to this post. Yes I would love a copy of "The Civil War Experiences of James J. Brock," written by Samuel D. Brock. Samuel is my husband's grandfather's father. Contact me at bkbrock@gmail.com and I will give you an address to send it to. I also have a picture of James's headstone if you are interested. I don't know how detailed your collection is. Also, I would love information on Catherine Harper from OR. You can send it to me at the email address above. Thank you so much for contacting me.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

treynolds44_1 — 2008-06-28 16:31:26Z

I am searching for a Clevenger, I know he died on the shipwreck Is his name on your list

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

gerryholt1024 — 2008-06-19 18:16:34Z

walk wild777....i would love to see the picture you have of James Jefferson Brock...I too am a ggg grandchild of his...his grandaughter Hattie Brock was my mothers Grandmother...my email address is gerryh@emcnashville.com if you could send any pics i would greatly appreciate it...Thanks Gerry

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

gerryholt1024 — 2008-06-19 18:01:53Z

i too am an ancestor of james jefferson brock...he would be my great great great grandfather on my mothers side, his grandaughter Hattie was my mothers grandmother...i would love to more if you have it and/or share my side of the family tree to see where we are related...

New Book on Sultana

gsalecker — 2008-06-02 16:06:13Z

Hello All: I am Gene Eric Salecker, the author of the 1996 book "Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion April 27, 1865." After 12 years, I believe that it is time for a new book on the Sultana. Over the past 25-30 years I have compiled more that 300 accounts from survivors, witnesses, and rescuers from people connected to the Sultana. Many of the accounts were published in Chester D. Berry's 1892 book entitled "Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors." I am hoping to take the accounts that never made it to Berry's wonderful book and publish them in a new book, tentatively entitled, "Loss of the Sultana II."

If anyone has any first person accounts of the experiences of their Sultana ancestor - be it from letters, obituaries, pension records, newspapers, etc - now is the time to get them to me for inclusion in my upcoming book. I will be working on the manuscript this summer and would like them as soon as possible. ALSO - ANY COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS would be a blessing!

Also, please feel free to contact me to see if I have anything on your relative. Believe me, I have quite a bit of information on the Sultana people - both soldiers and civilians. Please contact me, I will see what I have and will let you know as soon as possible.

I can be reached at - g-salecker@neiu.edu or at:
Gene Eric Salecker
2526 N. Davisson ST.
River Grove, IL 60171-1710

Thanks to all in advance.

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

gsalecker — 2008-06-02 15:50:00Z

Hello: I am the author of the book "Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865" and as such I have compiled hundreds of accounts of Sultana survivors and victims. For James J. Brock, I have a ten page account entitled, "The Civil War Experiences of James J. Brock," written by Samuel D. Brock, a relative. If you wish, I could copy the pages for you and send them to you.
Contact me at g-salecker@neiu.edu or at my home address
Gene Eric Salecker
2526 N. Davisson St.
River Grove, IL 60171-1710

I also have a letter, dated April 3, 1998, from a Ms. Catherine Harper of Portland, OR, who is a relative of James J. Brook, and therefore related to you also. I can copy her letter also.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

gsalecker — 2008-06-02 15:44:17Z

Hello: I have left a message with the Sultana Message Board but I was not certain that you would see it. Therefore, I have decided to contact you through this means. I am the author of the book "Disaster on the Mississippi" and over the past 25 years have compiled hundreds of accounts of Sultana survivors and information on Sultana victims. As for James Jefferson Brock, I have a 10 page account of his entitled, "The Civil War Experiences of James J. Brock," written by Samuel D. Brock, a relative. If you would like, I could copy this for you and send it to you.

I also have a letter from a Catherine Harper of Portland, OR who is a descendant of James J. Brock. As such, she would also be a relative of yours. I can give you her information also.

Re: James Jefferson Brock... Sultana survivor?

kellymccreary23 — 2008-05-16 00:46:03Z

James Jefferson Brock is a ancestor of mine. I would appreciate any information you could share and I would be happy to do the same.