"History Detectives - "The Sultana Investigation" episode " Topic
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| FlyXwire | 02 Jul 2014 6:01 a.m. PST |
Guys, PBS aired a nice documentary last night on the sinking of the Sultana steam boat shortly after the end of the American Civil War, which had been over-loaded with Union POWs heading home, and became the largest US maritime disaster up until Pearl Harbor. My great grandfather Daniel Garber, of the 102nd O.V.I. Rgt., Co. E, captured at Athens, and imprisoned at Cahaba, survived the Sultana tradegy. link If you're interested, and have the time to view the show, it might re-air on PBS, or you can watch the whole episode as a web video on the History Detective site here: link Dave |
 ColCampbell  | 02 Jul 2014 6:34 a.m. PST |
Here are a couple of books about the event: link link I've heard Alan Huffman talk about the Sultana and its demise. This was a tragedy that should have never happened by greed and uncaring and inefficient oversight was too much in evidence. Jim |
| Bob Applegate | 02 Jul 2014 9:20 a.m. PST |
I saw that last night. I also recommend it. |
| Prince of Moskova | 03 Jul 2014 11:38 a.m. PST |
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