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21 Images Depicting the Sultana Disaster of 1865 Maritime Disasters, Weird West, George Santayana, Small Fountains, United States History, Spaghetti Western, Weird Science, Today In History, Interesting History

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21 Images Depicting the Sultana Disaster of 1865 - History Collection

In late April, 1865, the Civil War was coming to an end. Union and Confederates decided that the POWs should be released. Prisoners Cahaba, Andersonville, and Libby Prisons were sent to the Vickersburg, Mississippi to take steamboats up the river into the North and home to their families. The steamboat…

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Knoxville's Nearly Forgotten Memorial to America’s Deadliest Maritime Disaster, the Sultana - The Knoxville Mercury Titanic History, Union Soldiers, United States History, History Channel, River Boat, Steam Boats, Space Shuttle, Historical Events, Titanic

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Knoxville's Nearly Forgotten Memorial to America’s Deadliest Maritime Disaster, the Sultana - The Knoxville Mercury

If it had happened in any month other than April, 1865, they say, it would be the legendary American disaster every school kid knew about. It would be the subject ...

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5 Maritime Disasters You Might Not Know About - History Lists Shipwreck Illustration, Underwater Shipwreck, Halifax Explosion, Pirate Ship Art, Russian Submarine, Yellow Sea, German Heritage, Union Soldiers, Abandoned Ships

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5 Maritime Disasters You Might Not Know About | HISTORY

Find out about some of history’s deadliest—and lesser known—shipwrecks.

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March 6th 1987..The Herald Of Free Enterprise... Zebrugge Rescue Workers, Merchant Navy, Today In History, European History, Memorial Service, House In The Woods, Saving Lives, 30 Years, Boats

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March 6th 1987..The Herald Of Free Enterprise... Zebrugge

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Steam Ship Sultana; worst Maritime Disaster in US history. April 27th, 1865, near Memphis, TN. Steam Ship, Paddle Wheel, Long March, Dark History, The Oregon Trail, Naval Force, Oregon Trail, Memphis Tn, Steam Boats

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Steam Ship Sultana; worst Maritime Disaster in US history. April 27th, 1865, near Memphis, TN.

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18 Maritime Disasters other Than the Titanic Jack And Rose, Paddle Wheel, Titanic History, Cunard Line, Gas Turbine, Rms Titanic, Travel Diaries, James Cameron, House Museum

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18 Maritime Disasters other Than the Titanic - History Collection

The disaster which befell RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage was well known before it received yet more attention in the 1990s, thanks in large part to the fictional saga of Jack and Rose in the film by James Cameron. Its story thus overrides other nautical disasters which occurred throughout…

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The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster: Jerry Potter: 9780882898612: Amazon.com: Books Raise The Titanic, Sean Astin, Clive Cussler, Union Soldiers, A Wrinkle In Time, Mississippi River, Steam Boats, Book Sale, Hardcover Book

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The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster [Potter, Jerry] on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster

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This Ship Disaster was the Titanic of the 19th Century Disciplinary Literacy, Titanic Sinking, Downtown Memphis, Century Painting, Union Soldiers, Steam Boats, Us History, Shipwreck, Historical Events

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This Ship Disaster was the Titanic of the 19th Century - History Collection

Just after the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, a group of people met in Knoxville, Tennessee. However, they gathered not just to mourn the 1,517 people who died in the tragedy, but also to commemorate a maritime disaster that possibly claimed even more lives. They were survivors of…

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FILE - In this July 24, 1915 file photo, passengers are rescued as they stand atop the Eastland passenger ship after the vessel capsized in the Chicago River in downtown Chicago. Film clips have surfaced of the 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead. The first-known footage of the Eastland disaster was spotted by Jeff Nichols, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Chicago who was looking through seemingly unrelated material on World War I. University Of Illinois At Chicago, Chicago Pictures, History Articles, Global City, Chicago History, Chicago River, Film Clips, My Kind Of Town, Today In History

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Footage of 1915 Chicago ship disaster that killed 844 found

CHICAGO (AP) - Film clips have surfaced of a 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead when a ship headed to a company picnic capsized in the Chicago River. The first-known footage of the Eastland disa...

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21 Images Depicting the Sultana Disaster of 1865 Vicksburg Mississippi, Union Soldiers, A Wrinkle In Time, Moving Water, Paddle Boat, Ohio River, River Boat, Boat Dock, Steam Boats

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21 Images Depicting the Sultana Disaster of 1865 - History Collection

In late April, 1865, the Civil War was coming to an end. Union and Confederates decided that the POWs should be released. Prisoners Cahaba, Andersonville, and Libby Prisons were sent to the Vickersburg, Mississippi to take steamboats up the river into the North and home to their families. The steamboat…

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