Image of Steamboat turned troopship, Sultana on the Mississippi River before her by Bankes, Thomas W. (b.c. 1830)

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IMAGE number: EVB7066883
Image title: Steamboat turned troopship, Sultana on the Mississippi River before her boilers exploded, the ship burned, and she sank on April 27, 1865. The passengers included about 1,880 Union soldiers heading home at the end of the Civil War. Deaths were estimated between 969 - 1238. Most of the military passengers were Union soldiers recovering from maltreatment at Confederate POW camps. More than 1,100 of these men died in the disaster. Photo taken by Thomas W. Banks at Helena, Arkansas the day before the disaster
Artist: Bankes, Thomas W. (b.c. 1830) / American
Medium: photograph
Date: 1865 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: Steamboat turned troopship, Sultana on the Mississippi River before her boilers exploded, the ship burned, and she sank on April 27, 1865. The passengers included about 1,880 Union soldiers heading home at the end of the Civil War. Deaths were estimated between 969 - 1238. Most of the military passengers were Union soldiers recovering from maltreatment at Confederate POW camps. More than 1,100 of these men died in the disaster. Photo taken by Thomas W. Banks at Helena, Arkansas the day before the disaster (BSLOC_2019_2_168)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / North America / America (continent) / steamboat / water transport / USA / history / black and white / photo

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