On Levee Street north of Clay Street, on the right when traveling north.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty boiler, the . . . — — Map (db m103749) HM
Near Arkansas Route 77 north of Military Road, on the right when traveling south.
Early on April 27, 1865, the overcrowded steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Marion, Arkansas. The vast majority of the Sultana's passengers, believed to number over 2000, were Federal soldiers, recently released . . . — — Map (db m116356) HM
Near Arkansas Route 77 north of East Military Road, on the right when traveling south.
On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River. She was heading north, dangerously overloaded with some 2,200 passengers, most of them freed Union prisoners of war from the Andersonville and Cahaba camps. A . . . — — Map (db m116352) HM
On Levee Street north of Clay Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Sultana, a side-wheel steamboat built in Cincinnati in 1863, was 260' long and was designed to carry only 376 people along with its cargo.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana docked in Vicksburg to pick up Union soldiers recently released from . . . — — Map (db m103996) HM
In 1862, less than a mile upriver from this marker, the John Lithoberry Shipyard in Cincinnati constructed the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden steam transport. At the end of the Civil War, the U.S. Government contracted the Sultana to . . . — — Map (db m24614) HM
On North Broad Street (State Highway 99) at McCollum Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broad Street.
Dedicated to the memory of the 280 Michigan Civil War soldiers who lost their lives in America's worst maritime disaster, the sinking of the steamship "Sultana."
These men were among more than 2,200 Union soldiers returning home from Confederate . . . — — Map (db m33960) HM
On Levee Street north of Clay Street, on the right when traveling north.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty boiler, the . . . — — Map (db m103749) HM
On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling west.
On April 27, 1865 the Sultana, a 260 foot, wooden-hulled, steamboat exploded, burned, and sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. Approximately 2400 people were on board, six times the ship's legal limit. More than 1700 lives were . . . — — Map (db m20888) HM
Near Mapledale Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In Memory of the 73 men of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry who died as a result of the steamship “Sultana” blowing up on April 27, 1865 while returning 2,400 prisoners of war, on the Mississippi River. The result was the loss of over . . . — — Map (db m20867) HM
On West Vine Street (Cemetery Entrance) east of North Rockhill Avenue.
Soldiers from Company F of the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry died in the explosion of the steamboat Sultana seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. The Sultana reportedly carried more than 2,400 . . . — — Map (db m223937) HM
Near Riverside Drive west of Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
One of the worst maritime disasters in world history occurred 7 miles north of Memphis on April 27, 1865, when the steamer Sultana exploded and burned with the loss of over 1,547 lives. Built to carry only 376 passengers, the Sultana had over 2,300 . . . — — Map (db m116282) HM