Hear a firsthand account of a wartime incident in which a nearby ship exploded, reflecting on the experience, the challenges ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history killed as many as 1,800 people near the end of the Civil War, but it earned scant attention. News of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1865, a massive explosion just outside of Memphis lit up the night sky in the deadliest ship disaster in 19th-century United States history.