With all the stuff out about the sinking of the Titanic's 100th anniversary, another, worse, maritime disaster took place 147 years ago today on the Mississippi River, near Memphis.
The SS Sultana was seriously overloaded with released Union prisoners, many from Andersonville, and headed for home when there was a boiler explosion and fire. Some 1800 died, 300 more than onthe Titanic. Sadly, this disaster is essentially unknown to most.
But, You Know. --Cooter
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