Lincoln's Assassination Buried America's Deadliest Shipwreck
American Civil War

Lincoln's Assassination Buried America's Deadliest Shipwreck

A steamboat legally licensed for 376 people pulled out of Vicksburg with more than 2,000 aboard, most of them prisoners of war who had just been told they were going home.

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United StatesNorth America19th CenturyAmerican Civil WarMaritime DisasterPrisoners Of WarCorruptionMississippi RiverAndersonvilleAbraham LincolnSteamboats

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