Category Archives: Sultana

Sultana Descendants to hold reunion this weekend

Posted on April 28, 2011 by skydancer506

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 →

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A Soldier’s Story [Sultana Remembered]

Posted on April 28, 2011 by skydancer506

A new website was launched last month called Sultana Remembered by the Association of Sultana Descendants and Friends. This is one of their stories. “A Soldier’s Story” – from the Sultana In April of this year, seventy-five members of the … Continue reading →

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On this date in 1865: Tragedy on the Mississippi - Sultana explodes, thousands die

Posted on April 27, 2011 by skydancer506

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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