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Helena, Arkansas. April 26, 1865. Ill-fated Sultana
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Arkansas--Helena United States Mississippi River |
| Description | 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. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | American Memory Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints Civil War |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Steamboats--Mississippi River--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sultana (Steamboat)--1860-1870. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Union--Military. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--Arkansas--Helena. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
