The steamboat Sultana explodes and sinks on the Mississippi River. As many as 1,800 recently released Federal prisoners of war are killed in the worst maritime disaster in American history.
Tag: Mississippi River
The Baton Rouge Campaign
Former U.S. vice president John C. Breckinridge leads a Confederate force in a campaign to regain the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge.
The Fall of Memphis
After capturing Fort Pillow, the Federal Western Flotilla immediately targets Memphis, the Confederacy’s fifth largest city, further down the Mississippi River.
The Battle of Plum Run Bend
Confederates launch a surprise attack on the Mississippi River to keep the Federals from continuing downstream to capture Fort Pillow and Memphis.