A steamboat named the Sultana was scheduled to carry Union soldiers from New Orleans down the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The 260 feet boat with a 376 passenger capacity was overflowing with over 2,000 soldiers and civilians anxious to return home. Tragically, many of those passengers never reached their destination when the ship capsized...Continue Reading
A steamboat named the Sultana was scheduled to carry Union soldiers from New Orleans down the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The 260 feet boat with a 376 passenger capacity was overflowing with over 2,000 soldiers and civilians anxious to return home. Tragically, many of those passengers never reached their destination when the ship capsized...Continue Reading