MY GREAT UNCLE,GEORGE HEDGES WAS A SGT.IN THE 9th OHIO CAVALRY CAPTURED 17 JULY 1864 NEAR THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER IN DADESVILLE ALABAMA.HE WAS INTERNED IN ANDERSONVILLE.WAS RELEASED FROM ANDERSONVILLE AND TAKEN TO VICKSBURG,MS AND THEN TO MEPHIS,TN WHERE HE BOARDED THE SULTANA,WHICH EXPLODED AND HE SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION AND WAS DISCHARGED AT CAMP CHASE IN OHIO IN MAY OF 1865 SUFFERING FROM A BAD CASE OF SCURV. JACK HEDGES