Remember the Sultana
Truman Jackson killed on the Sultana. Member of Company G 95th Regiment Ohio Volunteers
The Sultana was a steamboat that transported many union soldiers that had been prisoner of war during the Civil War from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons. A boat that was made to hold around 375 passengers ended up loaded with upwards of 2100 or more passengers. It exploded on April 27,1865 occurred 8 miles north of Memphis at the Hens and Chickens Islands. Killing more than 1,700 passengers.
Many questions have been asked. Why were so many people loaded onto the boat? Why do we hear more of the Titanic than we do of a steamboat that exploded on our own soil?
Persuasive essay I wrote for a College Class on the Sultana in December 2000
The Sultana Mailing list Send the words subscribe only to SULTANA-L-request@rootsweb.com or SULTANA-D-request@rootsweb.com
Here Are Some Great Links That Can Tell The Story Better Than I Can
Sultana Arkansas Stories
It provides the story of the Sultana, and a Free clip of the song
"Sultana" performed by the National Award winning group Harmony.
A Tragic Postscript by Jerry O. Potter
Andersonville Prison and The Steamboat Sultana Explosion
A tragic postscript to the Civil War
Cornell University Making of America Sultana Search from The War of the Rebellion Series--Just type in Sultana and check Books.
Major James and Elizabeth Carlin Home Page
Plaque would note Sultana's hellish end
Reminiscences of the Sultana by Pam Newhouse
Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Iinfantry Regiment U.S.
Steamboating on the Mississippi St. Louis' Riverboat Heritage
Sultana CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCE J. R. Collins tells of the sinking of the Sultana.
Sultana Famous Shipwrecks
Sultana Camp #1 - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
The American Civil War Sultana
The Burning Of The Steamboat Sultana
The Sinking of the Steamship Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee
The Learning Network The Sinking of the Sultana
The Sinking of the Sultana America's Worst Maritime Disaster by Borgna Brunner
The Sultana Disaster: Titanic of he Mississippi
The Sultana: Death on the Dark River The Story of the Sultana Disaster in 1865
The Sultana Disaster April 27, 1865
The Wreck of the Streamer the Sultana
OH Veterans living in NE & OH Veterans - Survivors of the Sultana Steamboat Disaster
Wheeler, William A passenger on the SultanaThe Sultana Maritime History by Neal West
How Steam Engines WorkSixth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment U.S. Roster
Books
Disaster On The Mississippi by Gene E. Salecker 1996
The Sultana Tragedy by Jerry O. Potter 1992
Loss Of The Sultana and Reminsences Of Survivors by Rev. Chester Berry 1892
Cahaba Prison and The Sultana Disaster by William O. Bryant 1990
The Sultana Disaster by Joseph T. Elliott 1913
Transport To Disaster by James W. Elliott 1962
Boys in Blue by Jesse Haws, M.D. 1888
Last updated January 14, 2002
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