Army Transport B.M. Runyan-- Part 2: A Problem With Date of Sinking and the Name

From the July 27, 1864, New York Times  "FROM THE MISSISSIPPI.; Sinking of the Steamer B.M. Runyon-- Fifty Lives Lost."

Cairo, Illinois,   Monday, July 25, 1864.

The steamer  James White from New Orleans arrived with the news of the sinking.

"She reports that the steamer B.M. Runyon (Civil War Naval Chronology, CWNC, had it spelled Runyan), from Natches, struck a snag off Griffith's Landing, fifteen miles below Greenville, Mississippi, on the 21st instant (CWNC has it sinking on July 23, 1864) and sank to the hurricane roof in about five minutes.

"She had near 600 people on board, including 440 of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, 50 refugees, some furloughed soldiers and quite a number of cabin passengers."

--Old B-Runner