To: PeteB570
Around 1,600 US deaths. How many US folks know about that one? I did, but shipwrecks in history are an old hobby of mine.
141 posted on
04/16/2012 1:45:27 PM PDT by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Riley
I knew about the Sultana!
One of the last great tragedies of the Civil War era.
Many of tht passengers were former prisoners from Andersonville. Think of it, survive the living hell of Andersonville only to die on the Sultana!
Also there is a theory that it was one of the last acts of te Confederate Secret Service. An interesting book that theorizes about that is “April 1865”. I don't remember the author's name.
144 posted on
04/16/2012 3:13:13 PM PDT by
Reily
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