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Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

Posted: 4 Dec 2014 1:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
He is listed on Andersonville Prison website as follows:
http://www.civilwarprisoners.com/searchresults.php?fname=&am...

Name: SAMMIS, NELSON M.
Alternate spelling of last name:
Year born:
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: D
Arm: Infantry
Regiment number: 8th Connecticut Infantry
Date captured: 5/7/1864
Location captured: Wathall Junction, Virginia
Fate:
Enlisted in 10th Tennessee Infantry (CSA). Recaptured by U.S. Troops March 21, 1865. Released from confinement July 8, 1865.

Normally it would say here that he survived the sultana.

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

Posted: 4 Dec 2014 8:35PM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: SAMMIS
The only concrete information I have on my uncle, Nelson M Sammis, is the document listing him at Allen County Public Library - gives Civil War info
http://www.fold3.com/image/293415602/

Sine other searches found the following, but I think I'm providing too much.
Thank you for caring, Max

http://www.fold3.com/s.php#query=Nelson+M+Sammis&t=797
http://www.fold3.com/s.php#query=Nelson+M+Sammis&t=40,82...
Fold 3 search: Nelson M Civil War svc index CT, census 1860 b 1832-1842, at
http://www.fold3.com/search/#s_given_name=nelson&s_surna...
Nelson M Civil War pension Confed TN at above link

Sultana Disaster document listing Nelson M, giving Regiment 8 Conn
http://www.fold3.com/image/293415602/

Memorial Page at
http://www.fold3.com/search/#s_given_name=nelson&s_surna...
1860 census Fairfield Cty CT ( I don't have ancestry membership) at
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&...-

U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 MerlinCollections View Image Name: Nelson M Sammis
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&...

Re: Sultana Deaths/Survivors

Posted: 4 Dec 2014 9:03PM GMT
Classification: Military
Surnames: SAMMIS
Sylvian,
Excellent! Thank you for this. Knowing he was for certain at Andersonville Prison is priceless. Max
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