Posted on: Etowah Co. Al Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Etowah/10809 Surname: Thompson ------------------------- Russell Thompson of Etowah or St. Clair County was in the 3rd Tennessee Vol/Cav/ USA, captured and sent to Cataba Prison, then to the Steamship Sultana. He died in the explosion of the Sultana 4/27/1865. His daughter Candis Tallaluh Thompson married Lewis A. Deermann of St. Clair County who was a survivor of the explosion.Alice, Mason, Vinnie,& Mattie Deerman were their children. He could be connected to your Thompsons.