2015

Hamilton, Jon. “The Shipwreck That Led Confederate Veterans To Risk All For Union Lives,” NPR(April 27, 2015): 1. https://www.npr.org/2015/04/27/402515205/the-shipwreck-that-led-confederate-veterans-to-risk-all-for-union-lives.

The ill-fated Sultana in Helena, Ark., just before it exploded on April 27, 1865, with about 2,500 people aboard. Most were Union soldiers, newly released from Confederate prison camps.

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1895

Henderson, Howard. “The Wreck of the Sultana.” The Independent … Devoted to the Consideration of Politics, Social and Economic Tendencies, History, Literature, and the Arts (1848-1921)47, no. 2409. (1895): 1. https://search-proquest-com.umw.idm.oclc.org/docview/90487340?rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo.

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2015

Shuffett, Dave. “SS Sultana: The Worst Disaster in US Maritime History,” Kentuky LifeSeason 20 Episode 8. (2015): PBS. https://www.pbs.org/video/kentucky-life-ss-sultana-worst-tragedy-us-maritime-history/.

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1996

Salecker, Gene Eric. Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865.Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 1996.

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1992

Potter, Jerry O. The Sultana Tragedy: America’s Greatest Maritime Disaster.Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1992.

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