Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865 by Gene Eric Salecker

Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865

Gene Eric Salecker

346 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history informative sad medium-paced
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On 27 April 1865, the side-wheel steamboat Sultana's boilers exploded and more than 1,700 people died -- the worst marine disaster in U.S. history. Most of the victims in the heavily overcrowded boat were recently released Union prisoners-of-war. ...

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