Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
E xplosion of the Steamer “Sultana”, April 27, 1865, as published in Harper’s Weekly, 20 May 1865. Learn more about the loss of the Sultana, which still retains the title of America’s worst …
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Explosion of the Steamer “Sultana”, April 27, 1865, as published in Harper’s Weekly, 20 May 1865. Learn more about the loss of the Sultana, which still retains the title of America’s worst maritime disaster, at the next North Country Civil War Round Table in Canton.
CANTON -- In April 1865, the steamboat Sultana, carrying more than two thousand passengers – mostly wounded Union soldiers returning home from southern prisons – sank after several of its boilers exploded.
Learn more about the loss of the Sultana, which still retains the title of America’s worst maritime disaster, when Sue Longshore, executive director of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, speaks at the next North Country Civil War Round Table on Sunday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. at the Silas Wright House, 3 East Main St.
Visitors who own items with Civil War provenance are encouraged to bring them to the event for a “show and tell” session, after the discussion of the Sultana.
For more information, call 386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org.
