Melissa, All I could find on this was a snippet from Google books saying this. " A few days later the conferdate forces captured and burned the steamboat Mary Crane while it was taking on fuel wood. This was taken from the following book. Nashville, the Occupied City: The First Seventeen Maybe you could get this book at the libray and it would tell more on the steamboat. Phyllis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Barker" <kaitysmom@peoplestel.net> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Look up please > Hello, I am in need of some help or direction. > > My husband's 3rd great-grandfather Andrew Jackson Barker was with the 49th > Tennessee Infantry, Company H during the Civil War. He enlisted on December > 3, 1861 in Palmyra, Montgomery County, TN. and fought at the battle of Fort > Donelson and was wounded on February 15, 1862. On November 22, 1862 he was > captured and taken prisoner of war in Montgomery County and sent to > Louisville, Kentucky. From Louiville, Kentucky he was put on a steamboat > called the Mary Crane and sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi via Cairo, Illinois > on November 29, 1862. All this information is from his military service > records. > > My question is this: Can anyone tell me where I can find more information > about the Mary Crane steamboat? Any publications, websites, government > records, etc. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Melissa Barker >