Robert Louden
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Robert Louden was a Confederate messenger and partisan in the American Civil War
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Louden was said to be the primary messenger for delivering messages from Sterling Price
to Confederate regulars and bushwhackers. He was involved with the sinking of several Union steamboats in St. Louis, Missouri
and at his deathbed claimed to have sabotaged the Sultana
, which killed an estimated 1,300 to 1,900 Union troops and civilians returning home after the war, the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
Louden died of Yellow Fever
in New Orleans, Louisiana
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American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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Louden was said to be the primary messenger for delivering messages from Sterling Price
Sterling Price
Sterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...
to Confederate regulars and bushwhackers. He was involved with the sinking of several Union steamboats in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
and at his deathbed claimed to have sabotaged the Sultana
Sultana (steamboat)
The SS Sultana was a Mississippi River steamboat paddlewheeler whose destruction in an explosion on April 27, 1865 was the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. An estimated 1,800 of the Sultanas 2,400 passengers were killed when three of the ship's four boilers exploded and the...
, which killed an estimated 1,300 to 1,900 Union troops and civilians returning home after the war, the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
Louden died of Yellow Fever
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....
in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
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