Dublin Core
Title
Sultana Memorial (Hillsdale, Michigan)
Source
american,unionmonument
Contributor
jcgreiner
Type
Site
Identifier
2760
Date Issued
2001-01-01
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
'Sultana', Historical Marker Database, last revised 9 April 2022, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=33960.
Spatial Coverage
current,41.921125,-84.631460;
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Sultana Memorial (Hillsdale, Michigan)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Sultana_Memorial_(Hillsdale,_Michigan)
Monument Type
Tablet
Inscription
Dedicated to the memory of the 280 Michigan Civil War soldiers who lost their lives in America's worst maritime disaster, the sinking of the steamship "Sultana."
These men were among more than 2,200 Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prison camps on April 27, 1865, when the vessel's boilers exploded at 2:00 a.m. on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee.
The 18th Michigan Infantry, organized July 1862 in Hillsdale, lost 75 men, more than half of their number who were on board that night.
We honor all who were on the "Sultana" for their courage and service to their country.
State
Michigan
Affiliation
Union
City
Hillsdale
Location Type
City