Simon Morgan McCullough was a sergeant in Company H, 5th Indiana Cavalry in the Civil War. He was captured July 31, 1864 at Sunshine Church, GA and was confined in the Confederate prison at Andersonville, GA. In April 1865 he was sent to a neutral parole camp near Vicksburg, MS. On April 24, he and almost 2,000 other recently released Union prisoners-of-war were crowded aboard the Mississippi steamboat Sultana for shipment home. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the Sultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, the boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Sergeant McCullough was rescued and taken to Washington Hospital in Memphis suffering from a crushed ankle. He reported at Camp Chase, near Columbus, OH, on May 12, 1865 and was mustered out of the service on June 28, 1865.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835)
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835)
Simon Morgan McCullough was a sergeant in Company H, 5th Indiana Cavalry in the Civil War. He was captured July 31, 1864 at Sunshine Church, GA and was confined in the Confederate prison at Andersonville, GA. In April 1865 he was sent to a neutral parole camp near Vicksburg, MS. On April 24, he and almost 2,000 other recently released Union prisoners-of-war were crowded aboard the Mississippi steamboat Sultana for shipment home. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the Sultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, the boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Sergeant McCullough was rescued and taken to Washington Hospital in Memphis suffering from a crushed ankle. He reported at Camp Chase, near Columbus, OH, on May 12, 1865 and was mustered out of the service on June 28, 1865.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835)
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835)
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