Episode 103 The Sultana Disaster

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The worst maritime disaster in US history occurred on April 27, 1865. Overshadowed by the end of the Civil War and assassination of President Lincoln, the death of nearly 1800 souls was not front page news and conspiracy theories of how the ship went down were rampant Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @explorethesouthEmail: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com Episode Resources Sultana Disaster Museum sultanadisastermuseum.com The Sultana Association of Descendants and Friends thesultanaassociation.com Sultana: A Tragic Postscript to the Civil War. American History Magazine. August 1998 Surviving the Worst: The Wreck of the Sultana at the End of the American Civil War. Mississippi History Now. October 2009 The Shipwreck That Led Confederate Veterans To Risk All For Union Lives. NPR News. April 27, 2015 Episode Music Waiting Alone in the Dust by Lobo Loco. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Virtues Instrumenti by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Source: http://incompetech.com. Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Shannon Ballard. Your Southern Mysteries is an independent podcast. It's made possible by the generous
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0:14.7	You can hear more than 60 episodes in the Southern Mysteries Archive and you also have an option
0:19.1	to support the show and hear exclusive monthly episodes that are new this year called the
0:24.6	lesser known stories of lesser known figures related to major historical events
0:30.1	join me on Patreon today and catch up on all the episodes you haven't heard
0:35.3	at patreon.com slash southern mysteries. Throughout history there have been significant events
0:53.7	overshadowed by larger events.
0:57.4	Well-known 20th century writers, CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley,
1:01.9	died the same day in 1963.
1:06.0	Their status in the literary world
1:08.4	and the coincidence of their passing
1:10.9	on November 22nd of that year is the kind of story that normally would have
1:15.9	garnered a lot of attention. But the news of their death wasn't reported for days
1:21.6	because of an event that happened the day they died
1:25.0	that was front-page news around the world.
1:28.0	The assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1:32.0	In the spring of 1865, President John F. Kennedy.
1:33.1	In the spring of 1865, a maritime disaster on the Mississippi River was overshadowed by greater
1:41.0	tragedy and an unsettled nation.
1:44.7	On April 27th, the S. Sultana exploded on the Mississippi, seven miles north of Memphis, Tennessee.
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