[Calvin Locke]

And a couple of thousand of early "parolees" from Andersonville and another POW camp, whose homeward destination was up the Mississippi, had the misfortune of embarking on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat).

[fortes fortuna juvat]

And a couple of thousand of early “parolees” from Andersonville and another POW camp, whose homeward destination was up the Mississippi, had the misfortune of embarking on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat).
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I am somewhat of a student of history, but did not know about this incident, so thanks for sending this.