Remember the Sultana
Over 2000 Union soldiers, travelers as well as crew were packed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to bring 376. Graft, greed, congestion, a poorly preserved watercraft, as well as the Mississippi River was swollen with springtime snowmelt conspired with each other to create a catastrophe. On April 27, 1865, the watercraft's boilers took off, creating the most awful maritime catastrophe in United States background.
Released: 2018-03-01
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