51- Dark Days in Time: The Tragic History of Old Cahawba pt 2

Join the investigation for the final dark history dive of Old Cahawba. including the disaster of the steamboat 'Sultana', we cover the murder of a union captain, the disappearance of 'Jones', the literal dismantling of the towns remains, the paranormal stories that live on and more. we hope you enjoy. much love patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/InvestigationPodcastPrimary SourcesFry, Anna Gayle. Memories of Old Cahaba. New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1909.Hawes, Jesse. Cahaba: A Story of Captive Boys in Blue. Chicago: Rogers & Smith Company, 1888.Rush, Jacob. Recollections of Prison Life at Cahaba (memoir and surviving accounts).United States War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.Historical and Archaeological SourcesAlabama Historical Commission. Old Cahawba Archaeological Park.Friends of Old Cahawba. Historical publications and interpretive materials.National Park Service. Civil War and Old Cahawba historical resources.Old Cahawba Archaeological Park. Site interpretation and archaeological reports.Sultana Disaster SourcesBaxter, Gary. The Sultana Disaster: The Greatest Maritime Disaster in American History.Sultana Historical Preservation Society. Historical records and survivor research.United States Congressional investigations concerning the Sultana disaster.Folklore and Paranormal SourcesFry, Anna Gayle. Memories of Old Cahaba.Windham, Kathryn Tucker. 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.Alabama Historical Commission. Educational materials concerning Old Cahawba folklore.Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The Specter in the Maze.Additional Historical ReferencesHistorical maps of Old Cahawba.Archaeological excavation reports.Nineteenth-century Alabama newspapers.Contemporary Civil War military correspondence.Published biographies of William Wyatt Bibb and early Alabama political history.https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=22669https://historynet.com/surviving-a-confederate-pow-camp/https://theforgottensouth.com/cahawba-alabama-ghost-town/https://dustsafetyscience.com/sultana-explosion-mississippi-river/https://historynet.com/surviving-a-confederate-pow-camp/