| Credit: | by Bankes (Thomas W.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04.26 |
| Locations & Lines: | Arkansas; Helena AR; Mississippi River |
| Military Units: | US Army |
| Transports: | side-wheeler Sultana |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
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File Details: AQCOm, 800 DPI, TIFF, Copy Photograph, 34.4 Mb
Image ID: AQCO
Library of Congress says: Helena, Arkansas. April 26, 1865. Ill-fated Sultana [Summary: Photograph shows the overloaded steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River the day before her boilers exploded and she sank on April 27th. The passengers included ca. 1,880 Union soldiers heading home at the end of the Civil War; more than 1,100 of these men died in the disaster.]