Sultana

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April 27, 1865 The worst American disaster of the maritime No one knows the count of lives lost The soldiers, civilians, and the sisters of charity Five dollars a head, Captains Mason and Hatch Boarded six-times the legal load of the Sultana Leaving Vicksburg, bound for Cairo Memphis was the tragic last port of call of Sultana Six miles out of Memphis a boiler gave out From the flooding swift river and extra heavy load of Sultana The current was cold the river was wide A mile to either side away from the burning Sultana Three boilers blew fire and lit up the night sky Hell was a better place than on board the Sultana The worst American disaster on water The Titanic of the cold Mississippi was the Sultana Hell was a better place that night Titanic of the cold Mississippi was the Sultana