5th Iowa Cavalry, Co. I, Capt. William George McElrea - Survived (1)
America’s greatest maritime tragedy wasn’t the Titanic. It was the Sultana, a Mississippi River steamboat that exploded at the end of the Civil War. A man from Marion County was one of the few survivors.
Join us today as Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Jerry Potter, author of “The Sultana Tragedy; America’s Greatest Maritime Disaster.”
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