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Publication Number:
M1878
Publication Title:
Records of the Sultana Disaster, April 27, 1865
Content Source:
NARA
Content Partner:
NARA
Source Publication Year:
2000
Fold3 Publication Year:
2012
National Archives Catalog ID:
615651
National Archives Catalog Title:
Records Relating to the Sultana Disaster, compiled 1865 - 1865
Fold3 Job:
12-014
Language:
English
Country:
United States
Short Description:
NARA M1878. Records relating to the April 27, 1865, explosion of the steamer "Sultana," including lists of those aboard the ship.
Roll:
0002
Record Group:
153
Title:
The proceedings and report of the court-martial of Capt Frederick Speed, court-martial case MM3967
Date:
[Blank]
State:
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Sultana Disaster, April 1865

When the boiler exploded aboard the "Sultana" on April 27, 1865, more than 1,700 people lost their lives. Most of those aboard were recently released Union prisoners from the Confederate prisons in Cahaba, Alabama, and Andersonville, Georgia. They were bound for Camp Chase, Ohio, but the explosion occurred only a few hours into the journey. In addition to the faulty boiler, the vessel was also grossly overburdened with 2,200 passengers on a ship built to carry 376.

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