The Sultana Disaster was the worst maritime tragedy in American history, and the worst global maritime disaster of the nineteenth century. And yet, almost no one has head of it. Tune in for the full story of greed, hubris, and profound heartbreak in the spring of 1865.

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Music by Cooper Cannell and U. S. Army Band, as available on YouTube Audio Library. Video format originally aired on YouTube.