HMGC5

HMGC5 (HM1Q7E)

Location: Newport, KY 41071
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 6.002', W 84° 29.923'

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The Sultana

In 1862, less than a mile upriver from this marker, the John Lithoberry shipyard in Cincinnati Ohio constructed the Sultana, a 260-foot wooden steamboat transport. At the end of the Civil War the U.S. Government contracted the Sultana to transport recently freed Federal war prisoners north from Confederate stockades. During the night of April 27, 1865 while carrying over 2,300 Union soldiers - over six times its capacity of 376 - a steam boiler aboard the Sultana exploded. The ship erupted in a massive fireball and sank in the cold, flood-swollen Mississippi river ten miles north of Memphis, Tennessee. Over 1,700 individuals died - some 200 more lost than those aboard the Titanic in 1912 - in what remains the worst maritime disaster in American history. Of the total casualties, Ohio lost the most of any state, with 791 dead. Indiana lost 491 persons, with Kentucky suffering 191 dead. It is estimated of the Ohio casualties, over fifty were Cincinnatians.
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HM NumberHM1Q7E
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Historical PeriodCivil War
Historical PlaceRiver
Marker TypeMemorial
Marker ClassBoth
Marker StyleMounted
Marker Number18-31
Year Placed1999
Placed ByOhio Historical Society, The Longaberger Company, Tim and Chris Heather
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, December 26th, 2015 at 10:43am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
Directions InformationCincinnati, Ohio River Front Sawyer Point
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 716299 N 4330856
Decimal Degrees39.10003333, -84.49871667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 6.002', W 84° 29.923'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 6' 0.12" N, 84° 29' 55.38" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)859
Can be seen from road?No
Is marker in the median?No
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101-199 L and N Pedestrian Bridge, Newport KY 41071, US
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