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PVT Wilson Abshur

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PVT Wilson Abshur Veteran

Birth
Death
27 Apr 1865
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Victim of the Sultana disaster Add to Map
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Union Soldier. Private Abshur (spelled Absher and Alshear), served in the 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. He perished when the boiler exploded on the sidewheel steamboat , The Sultana, which sank April 27, 1865 on the Mississippi River, 7 miles north of Memphis, TN. Over 1,500 lives were lost, many of them Union soldiers.
Union Soldier. Private Abshur (spelled Absher and Alshear), served in the 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. He perished when the boiler exploded on the sidewheel steamboat , The Sultana, which sank April 27, 1865 on the Mississippi River, 7 miles north of Memphis, TN. Over 1,500 lives were lost, many of them Union soldiers.

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