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About the Sultana Disaster Anniversary
Military , Safety & Security
United States
Ends: Apr 27, 2025
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On April 27, 1865, at approximately 2:00 AM, the day after President Lincoln's assassination and after the end of the Civil War, about 1,168 (actual total unknown) Union soldiers, civilian passengers, and crew were killed aboard the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River, near Memphis, Tennessee. The boat was designed to carry just 365 people, including its crew of 85. It was overloaded with 2,000+ people attempting to return home after surviving as POWs. Time and luck were against it.
Throughout the war, the two-year-old ship was poorly maintained. Its owners saw an opportunity to make a fast buck, ferrying returning soldiers up the river home. Additionally, the river was at spring high water levels from the melting snow and changing seasons. When the boiler powering the ship exploded, the wooden vessel quickly became consumed by flames, burning many alive in their beds and sending many more into the fast-moving, frigid waters of America's largest river in darkness. Many would drown, and others would die from hypothermia before rescue boats could arrive.
The destruction of the Sultana is considered the worst maritime disaster in American history to this day. The captain died in the explosion. To this day, no person or organization has been held responsible for the disaster. Monuments are in Memphis, Tennessee; Muncie, Indiana; Marion, Arkansas; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Cincinnati, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; Hillsdale, Michigan and Mansfield, Ohio. The shipwreck was discovered in 1982. In 2015, the Sultana Disaster Museum opened in Marion, Arkansas.
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