The following information is taken from the Sultana Passenger list compiled by Jerry O. Potter, which includes previous work by Gene Salecker, and published in �The Sutana Tragedy: America�s Greatest Maritime Disaster�; Jerry O. Potter; Pelican Publishing Co.; (1992); pgs. 199-260. Potter says of this list: �This list is by no means complete, and unfortunately, contains many inaccuracies. Gene and I faced two major problems in trying to compile an accurate list.� Those problems cited by Potter were a lack of record keeping by the Army at Vicksburg at the time, and the misspelling of names that appeared in the newspapers of the time, and in a subsequent account published in 1892 by Chester Berry. More then 1,800 The Sloan�s on this list are: Sloan, Elzye Pvt. Co. D 102nd INF Ohio Sloan, Tildon W. Pvt. Co. I 40th INF Indiana Both of the above Sloan�s were survivors. For those of you who have a Civil War Sloan who may have been on the Sultana but is not mentioned above, that does not mean your Sloan was not on the Sultana. What it means is there is apparently no independent record of it. Some WWW pages of interest on the Sultana are: http://Sultana.org/ http://www.rapidnet.com/~greg/Tom/ These pages will provide the interested reader a gateway to other WWW pages on the Sultana tragedy. Frank�s listing of Confederate and Union Sloan�s, and the recent notes regarding the divided loyalties of the East Tennessee Sloan�s, clearly and starkly illustrate how much our American un-civil, Civil War was indeed a �civil war�. What a tragedy! Sloan against Sloan! James M. McPherson has written a book called �For Cause and Comrade: Why Men Fought in the Civil War�; Oxford University Press; (1997). It�s not light reading, but for those interested in that subject, it would be well worth reading. Best regards, Bill Newcomer Ada, MI ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Bill's Family Ties: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7690/family/ Don't be taken in by E-mail Virus Hoaxes! Get the facts at the US Dept,. of Energy's CIAC site. Up-to-date information about how to identify a hoax, and what to do when you receive a warning. http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------