Company C, 90th Infantry Regiment Ohio 1862-63
Company E, 183rd Infantry Regiment Ohio 1864-65
Newspaper Editor and journalist

My ggg uncle’s name was Charles Byron Caddy. Born 1844. He enlisted twice,
Company C, 90th Infantry Regiment Ohio 1862-63
Company E, 183rd Infantry Regiment Ohio 1864-65

Charles was in the battle of Franklin TN on 30 Nov. 1864. He had written to his parents before that battle, he
had been keeping them up to date as to his whereabouts as often as he could. (Rev. Caddy and wife had
already lost two other sons in the war). Rev. Caddy and wife had no further word from Charles for months,
and they assumed he was killed in that battle. Then in the spring of 1865, much to their surprise they received
a letter from Charles. He had been wounded in battle and taken to Andersonville. He suffered much from his
wound there, and had little if any medical treatment. He was writing to tell them he had been exchanged, and
was heading home to Ohio.....and had made passage on the steamer SULTANA.

Shortly after, word came to everyone about the Sultana exploding and killing nearly everyone on board. His
parents read a list of survivors, and heartbroken, could not find their son’s name among them. So once again
they mourned for their son, as twice dead.

Several weeks pass, and one day a letter arrives in the mail for Rev. and Mrs. Caddy from their son Charles!
It turns out as he was making is way up the gangplank on the Sultana, he ran into his doctor, who insisted he
wait for a hospital boat, so he could receive treatment for his wound. They argued back and forth, but eventually
the doctor persuaded Charles to come with him to the hospital boat, and thus his life was saved again. So Charles
arrived back home in Lima OH and had a wonderful reunion with his parents and siblings. He later married and
spent his life as an editor and newspaperman in Ohio and Indiana, passing away in 1920.