Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865

By Gene Eric Salecker

Book Overview

At two o'clock in the morning on 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the sidewheel steamboat Sultana 's boilers suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557507392
• ISBN13: 9781557507396
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

True history of the Sultana Explosion

Many times I've heard it was the Confederates that blew up this steamer on the Mississippi, but this accounting tells a story from survivors.