the owners of the self and a and then -- owners of the sultana and the captain of the sultana were bringinghese soldiers home from the war. that's what was happening, they were being paid by head and they managed to fit.400 on. katty: so -- to fit 2400 on. katty: so that was how this happened, they were getting paid by head? alan: yes, and you can imagine there were already 100 passengers on the boat when the soldiers were marched aboard, so i am sure they were quite amused as they watched the overloading of the boat in vicksburg. the boat has three or four levels, if you count the pilot house. the had it open deck and then you had then the state rooms you know, that ran down the center of the boat. katty: where the richer passengers would have been? alan: right, and then coming you had steerage, where the rest of the lower-class citizens were done with the members of the crew of the bow, and if you have a state room, the officers would have been crowded into that area, and the decks were completely covered with men. katty: was it a luxurious bow, the -- boat, the sultana? katty: -- alan: f

next author alan huffman is featured with his book "sultana: surviving the civil war, prison, and the worst maritime disaster in american history." alan huffman