The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Sinking of the SS Sultana" using the following search strategies:

• Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
  boiler, Cairo, Captain Frederic Speed, Confederate, General Washburn, Mississippi, New Orleans, parole, SS Sultana, union soldiers, Vicksburg.
• News of the sinking of the SS Sultana was notably overshadowed by the death of Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, a day earlier. As such the front page only filter is not as useful as in other searches.
• It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.