Civil War Train Wreck

[HerbS]

We all saw the terrible train wreck on the news in Conn.this week.I have always remembered hearing about the Prison train wreck in Shohola,Pa.Two trains collided head-on.It was July- 15-1864.The trains were going 30-mph.One train was transporting 833 Confederate prisoners to Elmira,NY.72 prisoners and 17 guards died,one from Rochester,NY.The investigation showed that the dispatcher was drunk on the job!