CAHABA PRISON AND THE SULTANA DISASTER (Library of Alabama Classics)

Bryant, William O.

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ISBN 10: 0817304681 ISBN 13: 9780817304683

Published by University Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1990

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 180 pgs, index, illustrations, biblio., notes. Black cloth with gilt titled spine. Unclipped DJ in mylar sleeve. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf soiling; interior clean and tight; small; bookseller label on front free endpaper (Colleen's Books, Houston). Unclipped DJ is near fine. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Cahaba was a Confederate POW camp in Alabama, 1863-1865. In late April, 1865 at the end of the war, tragedy struck when the steamship Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River, killing almost 1200 returning Union prisoners. Here the author gives a well-balanced account of the prison, its conditions, and the fate of the POWs. Seller Inventory # 0623078

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Title: CAHABA PRISON AND THE SULTANA DISASTER (...

Publisher: University Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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This is the story of the little-known prisoner-of-war camp on the banks of the Alabama River near Selma where 5,000 Union soldiers were interned during the latter part of the Civil War. After surviving imprisonment and a forced march overland to the Mississippi River, they were to die in the worst accident of its type in U.S. history - when the Sultana steamship exploded in mid-river while transporting them back to their homes in the North.

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William O. Bryant resided in Murfreesboro, TN and was the author of Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster.

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