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April 7, 2023 2009-05-09T08:10:34-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/295/1680884717.jpgAuthor Alan Huffman recounted the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, the sinking of the steamboat Sultana that was transporting 2,400 Union soldiers on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. He reported that many of the 1,700 men who died were former prisoners of war returning from Confederate prison camps.
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April 7, 2023 2009-05-09T08:10:34-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/295/1680884717.jpgAuthor Alan Huffman recounted the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, the sinking of the steamboat Sultana that was transporting 2,400 Union soldiers on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. He reported that many of the 1,700 men who died were former prisoners of war returning from Confederate prison camps.
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Author Alan Huffman recounted the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, the sinking of the steamboat Sultana that was transporting 2,400 Union soldiers on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. He reported that many of the 1,700 men who died were former prisoners of war returning from Confederate prison camps. close
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