I'm running war-era newspapers, looking for info on the 43rd MS Infantry. While so doing, I ran across the following article. I am posting it here so that it will be in the public domain. It seems to me that, several years ago, I saw a number of posts (on boards earlier than the wonderful Mr. Martin's!) about this incident, all of which indicated that none of the casualties of the wreck were known. I may be mistaken in that remembrance. What ever the case, here 'tis!

(from the Vicksburg Daily Whig, Wednesday, February 25, 1863, page 1, copied from the newspaper Crisis)

"THE CHUNKEY RIVER DISASTER. From Mr. M.J. Carney, who was a passenger on the train which was precipated into Chunkey river on Thursday evening last, we learn some additional particulars of the disaster. He thinks at least eighty persons were lost, and possibly more. The river being much swollen, and the current very rapid, the bodies of many of the victims were not recovered. We give below a list of the names and rank of those whose bodies have been taken from the river:

M.J. Slaughter, Co. G, 3d Tennessee.

R.M. Gammell, Co. K, 35th Mississippi.

C. Macleer, soldier.

S.A. Holt, 2d Louisiana.

Bedford Brown, Co. D, 41st Tennessee.

W.E. Toles, Washington Artillery, Woodville, Miss.

Isaac Beecham, Engineer, S.R.R.

John Hill, 21st Arkansas.

Major W.H. Lilly, 12th Mississippi.

Minor Butler, Co. I, 27th Florida.

J.F. McGoock, co. H, 33d Mississippi.

H.A. Young, soldier, Eufala, Ala.

Chas. McDonald, Co. G, 59th Tennessee.

M.D. Roden, soldier, regiment unknown.

Y.A. Cunningham, soldier, regiment unknown.

W.P. Grayson, New Orleans, Government Agent. ($83,000 found on his person; in hands of Gen. Kirby Smith.)

Chas. W. Bradley, 12th Mississippi.

One body unknown, supposed to be from Tennessee.

H.C. Thompson, regiment unknown.

Wm. Clark, Co. E, 35th Mississippi.

Ed., slave, property of Mr. Grisson.

Four more bodies were found, which could not be identified. -- Crisis