LOSS OF THE SULTANA - REMINISCENCES OF SURVIVORS
William THAYER
I WAS born in Watertown, N. Y., October 25, 1845, and enlisted in the service of
the United States at Adrian, Mich., August 7, 1862, in Company C, 18th Regiment
Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Was captured at Athens, Ala., September 24, 1864,
and confined in the Cahaba, Ala., prison. I was lying in the alley way of the
second deck when the boat blew up. I stayed on the boat until I saw two
scantlings tied together with a pair of suspenders, I thought they would help me
along and they did, for I floated down the river for about six miles and then
neared the shore. I climbed a tree and tied myself there with my shirt, and
about two o'clock P. M. I was picked up and taken to the hospital at Memphis.
Occupation, farming. Postoffice address, Fairfield, Mich.
(Reminiscences also linked in Full List of Men)
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