Today I learned on Nostr: TIL the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history happened in 1865 when the ...

TIL the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history happened in 1865 when the steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River, killing over 1,700 passengers — mostly Union soldiers returning home from the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)
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