The Loss of the Sultana - Marion, AR
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saopaulo1
N 35° 12.907 W 090° 11.894
15S E 755029 N 3900495
A plaque about the loss of the ship Sultana.
Waymark Code: WM17XWQ
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2023
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"Early on April 27, 1865, the overcrowded steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Marion, Arkansas. The vast majority of the Sultana's passengers, believed to number over 2000, were Federal soldiers, recently released from Confederate prisons. Approximately 1500 people perished; this remains the worst tragedy in American nautical history."
History of Marker:
Sinking of the Sultana. There's a museum nearby to the Sultana.
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