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Destruction of the steamboat Sultana : the worst maritime disaster in American history / Gene Eric Salecker.

Author/creator Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957- author.
Other author/creatorNaval Institute Press, publisher.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2022]
Descriptionx, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Sultana (Steamboat)
Steamboat disasters--Mississippi River --History --19th century.
United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Prisoners and prisons.
Abstract "The Sultana was a sidewheel Mississippi steamboat carrying almost two thousand recently-released Union prisoners-of-war back north at the end of the Civil War. At 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865, when the boat was seven miles above Memphis, her boilers exploded. Almost 1,200 people perished in the worst maritime disaster in United States history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 457-480) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Salecker, Gene Eric. Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2021] 9781682477441
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021049931
ISBN9781682477434 hardcover
ISBN1682477436 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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