RICHLAND COUNTY SULTANA TRAGEDY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER JR.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON APRIL 27, 1865 THE SULTANA, A 260 FOOT, WOODEN-HULLED STEAMBOAT, BURNED AND SANK ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. APPROXIMATELY 2400 PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, SIX TIMES THE SHIPS LEGAL LIMIT, MORE THAN 1700 LIVES WERE LOST IN THE DISASTER. MOST WERE UNION SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM CONFEDERATE PRISON CAMPS. AMONG THE 357 OHIOANS LOST WERE 101 MEN FROM RICHLAND COUNTY.
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