Jacob H. Hampton was a private in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Union) in the Civil War. He was captured September 25, 1864 at Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL and was confined in the Confederate prison at Cahaba, AL. In April1865 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 theSultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, the boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Private Hampton was rescued by the steamboat Pocahontas and taken to Washington Hospital in Memphis. He was mustered out of the service on June 10, 1865.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) • [email protected]
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) • [email protected]
Jacob H. Hampton was a private in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Union) in the Civil War. He was captured September 25, 1864 at Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL and was confined in the Confederate prison at Cahaba, AL. In April1865 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 theSultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, the boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Private Hampton was rescued by the steamboat Pocahontas and taken to Washington Hospital in Memphis. He was mustered out of the service on June 10, 1865.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) • [email protected]
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) • [email protected]
Gravesite Details
CO. C 3RD TENN. CAL.
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