An Appalling Tragedy

04 May 1865

 
 
 

Submitted by Myrna

 

Some of the surnames mentioned include:  FISHER, STACHER, RICHARDS, SWINEFORD, POTTER, McR-E, KREBBS, BA-N, SPOFFORD, WHISEMORE, WEBSTER, WOODS, WELLS, HAMER, OGDEN, FAST, SPRINKLE, KAUFMAN, CASTLE, KISSEL, HARTMAN, LEIDIG, LEE, SINGER, S-MATZ, BURNSIDE


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Ashland Times

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Ashland Times, 5/04/1865, part 1

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Ashland Times, 5/04/1865, part 2

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Ashland Times, 5/10/1865

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Ashland Union, 5/04/1865

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Cleveland Press, 5/24/1864

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Click here to view a picture of the Cahaba Stockade where many of the prisoners who were on the Sultana were held.  Jeremiah Singer was one of them.

** Asa Webster who lived in Jeromesville until 1868, and was a survivor from the Sultana, died in Morgan County Missouri on Sept 5, 1933.  [source:  Doug >> DWEBST@aol.com]