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Category Archives: Sultana
Sultana Documentary to be filmed
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal A new documentary film about the SS. Sultana, which perished on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865 killing approximately 1,800 of her 2,427 passengers when a boiler exploded, is in the works with … Continue reading
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Sultana Descendants to hold reunion this weekend
Courtesy of Sultana Remembered Reunion 2011 This year’s annual Sultana Reunion is in Mansfield, Ohio April 29-30! If you haven’t done so already, now is the time to make your reservations at the Holiday Inn by calling (419)525-6000 for Friday, … Continue reading
A Soldier’s Story [Sultana Remembered]
“A Soldier’s Story” – from the Sultana A new website was launched last month called Sultana Remembered, by the Association of Sultana Descendants and Friends. This is one of their stories. In April of this year, seventy-five members of the … Continue reading
On this date in Civil War history: April 27, 1865 - Tragedy on the Mississippi - Sultana explodes, thousands die
On 27 April 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded and sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, causing the greatest marine disaster in U.S. history. Approximately 1,700 people, mostly discharged Union soldiers, lost their lives on a frigid spring night … Continue reading
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