LOSS OF THE SULTANA - REMINISCENCES OF SURVIVORS
William CRISP
I WAS born in England, January, 1834, and enlisted in the service of the United States at Hillsdale, Mich., August, 1862, in Company D, 18th Regiment Michigan Volunteers. Was captured at Athens, Ala., September 24, 1864, and confined in the Castle Morgan, Cahaba, Ala., prison.
I was put on board the "Sultana" at Vicksburg. The boiler exploded when about
seven miles above Memphis. I was badly burned and lost the use of one arm; swam
three miles and a half, and got in a tree. I was rescued at seven A. M., April
28 (27th), 1865.
Occupation, farming. Postoffice address, Silver Creek, Neb.
(Reminiscences also linked in Full List of Men)
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