Victims of the Cumberland River Boat Disaster of 1863
5/28/2011
CW Monument in Rockaway NJ
CW Monument in Rockaway NJ

Accident happened on May 6, 1863 on the Cumberland River Near Somerset Kentucky.
33 Men Lost.  This is Their Roll Call:

Company A

Pvt. Cornelius Darrone  Mill Springs National Cem
                                        Logans Crossroads Ky
                                        Sect. D  Grave 111

Pvt. Andrew Dickson     Mill Springs National Cem
                                        Logans Crossroads Ky
                                        Sect. D  Grave 109

Pvt. George Emory        Mill Springs National Cem
                                        Logans Crossroads Ky
                                        Sect. D  Grave 115

Pvt. George A Sigufus   

Company B

Capt. John T Alexander  Mill Springs National Cem
                                         Logans Crossroads Ky
                                         Sect. D  Grave 116

1st Sgt. Albert Wiggins  

Pvt. Erastus Brant          

Company C

Cpl. Charles Stevens      

Pvt Edward Dolan          

Pvt. John McPeak         Mill Springs National Cem
                                       Logan Crossroads Ky
                                       Sect. F  Grave 31

Pvt Amos Stevens          

Pvt. Benjamin Stoney    

Pvt. Andrew J Willetts   

Pvt. Andrew J Young     

Company L

Pvt. Gideon Bastedo      

Pvt. Joseph Class          

Pvt. Lemuel Degraw     

Pvt. Jesse Demouth      

Pvt. James H Fuller    

Pvt. Lewis Green          

Pvt. John McCloskey    

Pvt. Barnabus Miller    

Pvt. Edward Nichols    

Pvt. Willian Ockobock 

Pvt. Thomas O'Dell     

Pvt. James O'Neal      

Pvt. Rocson Peer        

Pvt. Wilson Pittenger  

Pvt Eliakim Sanders   

Pvt. George Shauger  

Pvt. James Shaw        

Pvt Samuel Smith       

Pvt William Weaver     

* Official Records List Jesse As "Body Never Recovered" But a Rumor Has Him Buried in the Davenport Family Cemetery in Rockaway Twp New Jersey