Steamboat Sultana | Tragedy On The Mississippi

What do you do when your steamboat is only designed to carry 376 souls, yet you have 2,137 ticketed passengers waiting to board? A lesson in the dangers of overcrowding a dangerous vessel came to a head on the Mississippi River in April of 1865 when the Steamboat Sultana would take its final voyage, and many of the souls on board would take their final breaths. This is the story of The Steamboat Sultana.