And a couple of thousand of early “parolees” from Andersonville and another POW camp, whose homeward destination was up the Mississippi, had the misfortune of embarking on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat).
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I am somewhat of a student of history, but did not know about this incident, so thanks for sending this.
The lead story in the news cycle was Lincoln’s assassination, and the ensuing manhunt.
Anything else was a mere blip, even the largest maritime disaster in US history.