*** An East Tennessee Sultana Survivors Group met annually until 1928 when only four were left.
*** In 1982, an archaeological expedition uncovered what was believed to be the Sultana's wreckage.
*** Blackened deck planks and timbers were found 32 feet under a soybean field on the Arkansas side, about four miles from Memphis.
*** The Mississippi River has changed course several times since the Civil War. Today, the main channel lies about two miles of its 1865 position.
Something Most People Have Never Heard Of. --Old B-Runner
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