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This book follows the life of John. H. King from 1831 until his death in 1893. Although John was a survivor, he lived a problem plagued and pathetic existence that make the fascinating events of his life an unusual and emotional story. It is the story of a man whom fate chose to survive when others did not. The book follows John from his birth in Cincinnati, Ohio, his training as a blacksmith, his migration to Indiana, his enlistment in the 9th Indiana Cavalry his survival of the tragedies that await him from skirmishes and capture by the Rebs, his life threatening imprisonment at Andersonville prison and his survival of the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the United States he returns home a changed and disabled man, unable to live what could have been a far different life.

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USA

History of the Americas

American Civil War

États-Unis

Guerre de Sécession

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Publié par	First Edition Design Publishing
Date de parution	05 décembre 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781506902661
Langue	English

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Indiana and the Sultana Disaster;
The Story of a Survivor

This book chronicles numerous events, people and places from the 1831 birth of John H. King to his death in 1893.

By Robert R. Smith
Indiana and the Sultana Disaster; The Story of a Survivor
Copyright ©2016 Robert R. Smith

ISBN 978-1506-902-66-1 EBOOK

July 2016

Published and Distributed by
First Edition Design Publishing, Inc.
P.O. Box 20217, Sarasota, FL 34276-3217
www.firsteditiondesignpublishing.com

ALL R I G H T S R E S E R V E D. No p a r t o f t h i s b oo k pub li ca t i o n m a y b e r e p r o du ce d, s t o r e d i n a r e t r i e v a l s y s t e m , o r t r a n s mit t e d i n a ny f o r m o r by a ny m e a ns ─ e l e c t r o n i c , m e c h a n i c a l , p h o t o - c o p y , r ec o r d i n g, or a ny o t h e r ─ e x ce pt b r i e f qu ot a t i o n i n r e v i e w s , w i t h o ut t h e p r i o r p e r mi ss i on o f t h e a u t h o r or publisher .

Published in conjunction with:
IBJ Book Publishing
41 E. Washington Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
A Timeline to Tragedy:
Chapter 1 - Destiny Begins . 5
Chapter 2 - The Raymonds and the Van Camps . 6
Chapter 3 - Indiana and the Onset of the Civil War . 10
Chapter 4 - Eli Lilly . 14
Chapter 5 - The Sultana .. 16
Chapter 6 - The War Comes to Indiana . 18
Chapter 7 - Crown Hill Cemetery . 19
Chapter 8 - Indiana Troops at Gettysburg . 21
Chapter 9 - Lincoln at Gettysburg . 24
Chapter 10 - A Life Altering Decision .. 25
Chapter 11 - Skirmishes of the 9 th Indiana Cavalry . 28
Chapter 12 - Food in the Field .. 35
Chapter 13 - The Capture at Sugar Creek . 42
Chapter 14 - Andersonville . 44
Chapter 15 - The Death of Andersonville . 52
Chapter 16 - Camp Fisk . 54
Chapter 17 - Mismanagement, Miscalculation, and Misconduct . 56
Chapter 18 - Hope Becomes Hell 59
Chapter 19 - The Trip Home . 68
Chapter 20 - The Last Battle . 71
Chapter 21 - Post War . 72
Chapter 22 - Return to Home Life . 74
Chapter 23 - The Paper War . 78
Chapter 24 - Sledgehammer King . 83

The Burning of the Sultana .. 88
* Afterword .. 90
* Explosion .. 91
* Overcrowding of the Sultana .. 92
* Andersonville Accountability . 94
* 9 th Indiana Troops Onboard the Sulatana .. 96
* 9th Indiana Cavalry Civil War Service . 99
* Dedication .. 100
* Sultana Final Resting Place . 102
* Sultana / Titanic Comparison .. 103
End Notes . 104
About the Author . 117
Chapter 1 - Destiny Begins

In 1831, the year John Henry King was born, Cincinnati, Ohio was still a new city. It was a city that symbolized a young and growing America. Democrat Andrew Jackson was President of the United States, and the emerging Ohio River community had appointed Elisha Hotchkiss, a member of the Whig party, as their second mayor.
That same year Mr. John H. Wood published the first issue of the Cincinnati Mirror , an eight-page semi-monthly newspaper for the local residents. The new and developing city was a composite of people representing every class in society who came together in search of something new and with hope for a better life. 1
The Kings, young John Henry’s family, were among the growing city’s common people, working and raising families in those early pioneering days. Mr. George King, John Henry’s father, and his wife Louisa had moved west from the state of Maryland to Cincinnati where George set up a blacksmithing business and began practicing his trade. 2
In those early days of the Riverboat City it was common for young boys to follow in the footsteps of their fathers’ occupation, usually starting before the boys reached their teenage years. In the profession of blacksmithing, a young apprentice would begin with the very basics of his father’s trade: starting and stoking the fire, disposing of the ashes, filling and changing the water bucket, and tending to the inventory materials of iron, wood, coal, horseshoes and nails, hammers, and tongs, all the necessary tools and supplies needed to run an efficient shop.
After serving his time doing all of the small, but necessary, things and with the approval of his father, the apprentice would move on to the finer parts of the trade by learning and understanding the art of the profession. He was taught how to use the bellows to control the fire, how to use the various areas and angles of the anvil for shaping each project, which hammer to use for the shaping, when and how to use the tongs, and the proper use of the vice. Over time, with many days of practice and tutoring, the apprentice would learn the intricacies of the trade and would master the skill of knowing when the metal had reached the proper malleability by the color of the heated metal. At that point the apprentice had reached the goals set by both himself and his father for his apprenticeship.
In the 1840s, blacksmithing was far more than simply shoeing horses. People went to the Kings’ blacksmith shop for things they needed that were not available at local stores. A skilled craftsman for instance could build wagons, make bridle bits, farm implements and tools, household utensils, locks, hinges, and just about any other item requested by neighbors and local businessmen. 3 Young John continued working with and learning from his father as a blacksmith’s apprentice until finally reaching the point when he felt competent. Confident enough of his newly acquired skills to make a decision to leave Cincinnati and begin life on his own. So, the young and enthusiastic John King followed the pioneer obsession of that period and headed west across the Ohio state line into Indiana.
Chapter 2 - The Raymonds and the Van Camps

Thomas Raymond and his wife Amey (Flewelling) Raymond were one of the many families who made the move west to Indiana. They were among the very early families who settled in Franklin County, having moved there from Nine Partners in Dutchess County, New York around 1830. After their arrival, the family settled into a home on Duck Creek in Metamora Township, Franklin County. Amey and Thomas had eleven children, four of whom died in infancy before Amey’s death in 1840. 4 Two of those children were Hester, born in July of 1828 in New York, and Katherine, born in Franklin County, Indiana in October of 1833. Although the sisters would remain close throughout their lives one would lead a life of prosperity, and the other a life of misfortune. 5
At the age of 21, Hester, the eldest of the two sisters, married 32-year-old Gilbert Van Camp. They were married on October 15, 1849 in Franklin County, Indiana shortly after Gilbert’s first wife, Mary Ann (Gregg), died. 6
Gilbert’s father, Charles M. Van Camp, born May 12, 1787, whose own father had been a Captain of Volunteers in the War of the Revolution, moved from New Jersey to the Indiana territory around 1804. He was an early pioneer in Dearborn County, establishing himself in the area as a farmer and wagon maker. Charles worked hard on his farm for the next twelve years before meeting and marrying Mary Halstead, whose family had migrated to Indiana from New York. They were married on December 12, 1816, one day after Indiana received statehood.
On Christmas day of the following year, Mary gave birth to their son Gilbert in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, where they were now living.
While Gilbert was growing up, he worked with his father on the family farm, putting in long, hard, hot, tedious, and routine days. However, the imaginative young man wanted more for himself than the life of a farmer, so in 1833, at age 17, he left home to seek his own way in life. He quickly found a job as a Miller’s apprentice. After four hard-working and hard-learning years, he had saved enough money to form a partnership with Mr. John H. Fudge, a local tinsmith.
The two of them set up a business to sell stoves and tin ware in the town of Brookville. Gilbert’s ambitious nature led him to learn everything he could, so he took advantage of his time while operating and managing the Fudge & Van Camp store to improve his knowledge and expertise. Part of that on-the-job training was to learn and develop the skills of tinsmithing from his new partner.
In 1853 the ever-resourceful and confident young businessman decided he wanted to own and operate his own business despite his success with the Fudge & Van Camp store. Gilbert made a difficult choice and parted ways with his mentor and partner, Mr. Fudge. His plan was to move Hester and their two children—Mary, age three, and Courtland, who was not quite a year old—to Greensburg, Indiana, where he wanted to open a stove and tin store under the Van Camp name. 7
While Hester and Gilbert were making their plans, Hester’s sister Katherine, age 19, had completed her schooling and was still living at home. With the prospect of continuing a boring and lonely existence living with her father, her sister’s new adventure sounded very appealing and she decided to make the move with the young couple to Greensburg. John Raymond, a younger brother of Hester and Katherine, also joined his siblings in the move.
Now numbering a total of six family members, the group made the journey southwest from Franklin County and across the border into adjacent Decatur County and into the small town of Greensburg.
It was 1853 and the population of Greensburg had grown to 1,200 citizens. The local commerce consisted of seven blacksmith shops, employing a total of seventeen men; four wagon shops employing ten men; four shoe shops with eight men; two cabinet shops; two tan yards where animal hides were processed into leather; and two carding machines, used to prepare fiber materials for the production of textiles.
The main street in Greensburg had an ordinance limiting the speed of all vehicles to four miles an hour, and excessive speed resulted in the substantial fine of one dollar. Hogs ran loose in the downtown area and for their pleasure a