If you haven’t heard of the Sultana, it’s not because Doug Stout, and Dan Fleming, and Chris Evans, and a number of us local historians haven’t tried to let you know about it. On April 27, 1865, after ...

The new Sultana Disaster Museum was set to open in Marion next April, but the opening has been postponed mainly for funding reasons, according to an email obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

The Sultana steamboat disaster in 1865, at the end of the Civil War, has been called America's worst maritime disaster. With an estimated loss of up to 1,800 soldiers who were returning home on the ...

It's going to take longer to get the Sultana Disaster Museum in Marion constructed and open to the public than previously expected. The projected opening date of April 2025 has been pushed out to ...

The Sultana, a side-paddle steamboat, is shown above, obviously overloaded. The boat sank in the Mississippi River near Marion, Ark., across the river from Memphis, Tenn., in 1865. (Photo Provided) In ...

On April 27, 1865, a steamboat named the Sultana exploded and sank while transporting Union soldiers up the Mississippi. An estimated 1,800 people... The Shipwreck That Led Confederate Veterans To ...

Midstream, April 27, 1865 -- Getting there -- War -- The raids -- Somewhere, the little brother -- Captured -- Cahaba -- Andersonville -- Going off alone -- Release -- Sold up the river -- The ...