News Release

Pea Ridge National Military Park Presents Program about The Sultana Disaster

Date: April 20, 2023
Contact: Troy Banzhaf, 479-451-8122 x1226

Pea Ridge National Military Park to present a special program “The Sultana Disaster:  Prisons, Greed, and Espionage” Friday, April 28, 6:00-7:15 P.M.

 

Pea Ridge National Military Park will present a special program on the 158^th anniversary of the sinking of the steamboat Sultana on Friday, April 28, from 6:00-7:15 P.M. in the visitor center auditorium. On April 27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana, overloaded with more than 2,000 soldiers returning home from the Civil War, was steaming up the Mississippi River when a boiler exploded, killing an estimated 1,169 of the passengers. The sinking of the Sultana is the worst maritime disaster in US history. For more information, please call 479-451-8122 x 1227.

Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the March 7-8, 1862, battle that helped Union forces maintain physical and political control of the state of Missouri. Administered by the National Park Service, the 4,300-acre battlefield is located 10 miles north of Rogers, just off US Highway 62.