The riverboat Sultana killed an estimated 1,547 people, mostly Civil War veterans returning home from battle, when it exploded and sank on the Mississippi River in 1865. The disaster claimed more lives than the Titanic (1,512) when the steamer's boilers blew just above Memphis, Mississippi.
This carte-de-visite features the Sultana, a passenger riverboat on the Mississippi River. It was the site of the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history when its boilers exploded eight miles north of Memphis on April 27, 1865. The ship was transporting mostly Union soldiers who had been recently released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps. Estimates placed the number of dead between 1,450 and 1,900 individuals, making the disaster larger than the Titanic sinking in 1912.
The riverboat Sultana killed an estimated 1,547 people, mostly Civil War veterans returning home from battle, when it exploded and sank on the Mississippi River in 1865. The disaster claimed more lives than the Titanic (1,512) when the steamer's boilers blew just above Memphis, Mississippi. Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Titanic Cemetery Halifax, Titanic History, History Articles, History Curriculum, Union Soldiers, Union Army, National Cemetery, Steam Boats
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Steam Ship Sultana; worst Maritime Disaster in US history. April 27th, 1865, near Memphis, TN.
Sultana Steamboat Disaster 1865 This 6.5" steamer presents the events of 2am, April 27th, 1865 with moonlit detail, including the dark water of the Mississippi, all 4 decks, ornate railings and smokestacks. Pressing down on the Pilot House roof causes flames to leap from the center of the boat in a shocking explosion.
