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From: Kath <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Re: Today in History - April 27th
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:36:18 -0700


Thanks for the History, Munchkin. I always enjoy it.
Sharon Owen from the Dent CO., MO list sent in
some Civil War sites to that list today. These just
happened to be among them. :-)

Love ya,
Kath

wrote:
Below are some Web sites relating to the
Sultana.

The Sultana Association
http://sultana.org/

Names from Sultana Steamship Disaster
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/windshipgenhelp/sultana.html

The Sultana: Death on a Dark River
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/sultana.htm

The Sinking of the Steamship Sultana near Memphis, TN
http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/dale4.html

Tragic Voyage: The Titanic of the Mississippi
http://www.rapidnet.com/~greg/Tom/Articles/HD070698.html

Hoosiers Aboard the Sultana
http://www.rapidnet.com/~greg/Tom/Indiana/INSult.html

Mary Minnich wrote:

> In 1865, the steamer "Sultana" exploded on the Mississippi
> River near Memphis, Tennessee, killing more than 1400 Union
> prisoners of war.

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