Taken prisoner in September 1864 at Athens, Alabama. Held at Cahaba Confederate Prison until March 1865. Survived the explosion of the SS Sultana.
John Wood was a private in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Union) and was captured by the Confederates at Athens, AL on September 24, 1864. He was confined at the rebel prison at Cahaba, AL. In April 1865 the prisoners were released and sent to a neutral parole camp near Vicksburg, MS. On April 24, he and almost 2,000 Union prisoners-of-war were placed on the Mississippi steamboat Sultana to be sent home. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the Sultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, her boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Private Wood was rescued and taken to Adams Hospital in Memphis, suffering from being chilled in the cold Mississippi water. He was 47 years old at the time of the explosion. On May 3, 1865 he reported at Camp Chase, near Columbus, OH and was mustered out on June 10, 1865. On May 3, 1883 he applied for an Invalid Pension. A farmer by trade, he died on Nov. 11, 1889. He was 71 years old.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) •
Taken prisoner in September 1864 at Athens, Alabama. Held at Cahaba Confederate Prison until March 1865. Survived the explosion of the SS Sultana.
John Wood was a private in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (Union) and was captured by the Confederates at Athens, AL on September 24, 1864. He was confined at the rebel prison at Cahaba, AL. In April 1865 the prisoners were released and sent to a neutral parole camp near Vicksburg, MS. On April 24, he and almost 2,000 Union prisoners-of-war were placed on the Mississippi steamboat Sultana to be sent home. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the Sultana was seven miles above Memphis, TN, her boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people died. Private Wood was rescued and taken to Adams Hospital in Memphis, suffering from being chilled in the cold Mississippi water. He was 47 years old at the time of the explosion. On May 3, 1865 he reported at Camp Chase, near Columbus, OH and was mustered out on June 10, 1865. On May 3, 1883 he applied for an Invalid Pension. A farmer by trade, he died on Nov. 11, 1889. He was 71 years old.
Contributor: Gene Eric Salecker (48476835) •
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Co C 3rd Tenn Cav
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