In April of 1865, more than 2100 Union soldiers were finally on their way home, having been released from southern prison camps at the conclusion of the Civil War. But as the grossly overloaded Sultana steamship chugged up the Mississippi, it exploded, killing most of those on board. The dead included nearly 800 soldiers from Ohio. www.ohiomysteries.comfeedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohio www.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Music: How I'm Gonna Die, by tOd and the Bad Ideas. Find more at https://www.todandthebadideas.com Audionautix- The Great UnknownThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch
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