Episode 260: The SS Sultana disaster - Part One
Update: 2026-01-01
Description
On a cold April night in 1865, the calm across the waters of the Mississippi River was shattered by a sudden explosion - one which destroyed a steamboat and most of the Confederate POWs crowded on its decks.
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Articles and books:
- Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History, by Alan Huffman
- Knoxville, TN: S.S. Sultana Memorial
- Appomattox Court House: The Surrender Meeting
- American Battlefield Trust: The Sultana Disaster
- The Sultana Disaster Museum
- Toledo Blade: The Sinking of the Sultana
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