The monthly meeting of the McHenry Civil War Round Table will take place this Tuesday, August, 8 at the Woodstock Public Library, 414 Judd Street (just off the historic Woodstock Square) from 7-9 p.m..
Gene Salecker will make a presentation on Ruben Hatch: Sultana Boarding Agent in Vicksburg for Prisoners Returning Home."
On April 27, 1865, the seriously overloaded Steamship Sultana exploded killing at least 1,192 passengers, mostly just-released Union prisoners of war, many from Andersonville.
--Old Secesh
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