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Michigan Men on The Sultana

Sources For Further Research

Sources Used:
  • Book: LOSS OF THE SULTANA AND REMINISCENCES OF SURVIVORS. BY REV. CHESTER D. BERRY. LANSING, MICH. DARIUS D. THORP, PRINTER AND BINDER. 1892.
  • Website: SeekingMichigan.org - has the "Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865" which is searchable online.
  • Website: Ancestry.com Civil War Records
  • Website: Fold3.com has many Civil War Records
  • Civil War Soldier and Sailors System - Regiment History and listing
  • Varied news articles on GenealogyBank.com

The above were all used for this dataset so far to confirm and correct the information from the book. We are waiting for some of the films below to further research the men involved in this tragedy.

The sources listed below are available to order into your local Family History Centers on microfilm.

 
  • Roster of passengers on board the steamboat Sultana author: Lundquist, John H.
  • Manifest of Sultana's passengers & crew, April 27, 1865 author: Lundquist, John H.
  • NARA FILM: The proceedings and report of the court-martial of Capt. Frederick Speed, court-martial case MM3967, RG 153 entry 15; Various bills relating to the Sultana, RG 233; List of Federal prisoners who survived the Sultana, RG 249, entry 107.
  • NARA FILM: Various lists of soldiers who survived or perished on the Sultana, RG 249, entry 98. These lists do not include the names of civilians.
  • Cahaba Federal Prison, Cahaba, Alabama : also known as Castle Morgan, a roster of interned Union prisoners, 1862-1865 author: Lundquist, John H., Confederate States of America. Cahaba Federal Prison (Cahaba, Alabama)
  • Andersonville Confederate Prison records, 1864-1865 author: Andersonville Prison (Andersonville, Georgia), United States. Commissary General of Prisoners

Full List of Michigan Men  |  Reminiscences Of Survivors

(Reminiscences also linked in Full List of Men)

Sources For Your Research

 

Civil War Files On This Site

Michigan Civil War Files | 1883 Michigan Pensioners | 1894 Civil War Veteran Michigan Census
African Americans Who Served From Michigan | 1st Michigan Sharp Shooters Co. K | Loss of the Sultana
Honor Roll Interments in Michigan