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HENRY C. FOSTER

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     Henry C. Foster was one of the 19 West Virginia soldiers aboard the Sultana steamer when it exploded on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing most of the passengers. The majority were Union soldiers recently released from Confederate prison camps. Henry C. Foster survived.

To read the story of Henry C. Foster, please read the online book,

ON THE WAY HOME -- West Virginia Soldiers on the Sultana

By Linda Cunningham Fluharty.

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