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035			_a(Au-PeEL)EBL1948726
035			_a(CaONFJC)MIL763241
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050		4	_aE595.S84 S25 2015
082	0		_a973.7/71;973.771
100	1		_aSalecker, Gene E.
245	1	0	_aDisaster on the Mississippi : _bThe Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLa Vergne : _bNaval Institute Press, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (330 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Sultana -- 2. Delivered from Bondage -- 3. Messenger of Death -- 4. Greed and Deception -- 5. The Loading -- 6. The Overcrowding -- 7. Homeward Bound -- 8. Prelude to Destiny -- 9. The Explosion -- 10. Panic on the Bow -- 11. Devastation on the Stern -- 12. Death on the Hurricane Deck -- 13. The Horror of Fire -- 14. The Cold Mississippi -- 15. Help from Memphis -- 16. The Sultana's Last Minutes -- 17. The Final Rescues -- 18. The Living and the Dead -- 19. The Investigations -- 20. Too Soon Forgotten -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Known Number of People on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865 -- Appendix B. Individuals Known to Be on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865 -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aAt two o'clock in the morning on 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the sidewheel steamboat Sultana's boilers suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people, the boat was packed with 2,100 recently released Union prisoners-of-war. Over 1,700 people died, making it the worst marine disaster in U.S. history. This book looks at the disaster through the eyes of the victims themselves. It offers a concise, minute-by-minute account on the cause of the explosion and its effect on different parts of the boat. To focus on the personal stories of the victims, both civilian and soldier, Gene Eric Salecker patiently collected material from hundreds of letters, period newspaper stories, and other sources. Readers are first introduced to victims while they are languishing in Confederate prisons and follow their release to an exchange camp outside of Vicksburg to their eventual crowding onto the Sultana. His knowledgeable narrative is interwoven with individual reminiscences, including those of the heroic rescuers. He offers unprecedented details about the captain's handling of the steamboat and corrects some long-held myths about the placement of the soldiers on the Sultana and newspaper coverage of the disaster. A large portion of the book covers rescue attempts, both successful and failed, and the aftermath of the disaster as it affected those involved. With its emphasis on the human-interest aspect of the Sultana, this book brings to the literature a critical point of view and much new research.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSteamboat disasters -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century.
650		0	_aSultana (Steamboat).
650		0	_aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSalecker, Gene E _tDisaster on the Mississippi _dLa Vergne : Naval Institute Press,c2015 _z9781612517742
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1948726 _zClick to View
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