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Jun 22, 2021
2 minutes
David A. Fryxell
Q My husband had a great-great-uncle from Indiana who served for the Union Army and a POW. He was aboard the Sultana when it exploded. Are there records of those killed in the explosion?
A The 27 April 1865 explosion of the on the Mississippi River near Memphis was the worst maritime disaster in US history.’s boilers exploded and the ship sank range from 1,160 to 1,500; many of the bodies were never found.
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