Lost Military

Sultana

1865 · Steamboat disaster · Mississippi R. near Marion, AR

Found

Where. Mississippi R. near Marion, AR
Status. Found

The account

Her boilers exploded, killing ~1,700, mostly released Union POWs, the deadliest maritime disaster in US history.

The site is documented at Mississippi R. near Marion, AR; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
Not a war grave; the buried wreck lies on private Arkansas farmland.
What is there: study the documented surveys of Sultana before going.

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