Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,164 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 4, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District : The general commanding directs me to acknowledge the receipt of…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 5, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District : The general commanding directs me to say that the security…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 9, 1864. Brig. Gen. R. A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs that a special report be made of…
HEADQUARTERS DEFENSES OF NEW ORLEANS, New Orleans, September 10, 1864. Brig. Gen. R, A. CAMERON, Commanding La Fourche District: The general commanding directs me to inform you that near the…