So the story starts with Julius Warren, a captain of a steam paddle boat. I must say he is not a captain of any steam paddle boat, he is the captain of "Sultana", one of the biggest boats on the whole Mississippi River. Today, Warren is making a trip from the north of the United States to the south. It is a dangerous journey because on the middle 1800´s, the Civil War was taking place.
The voyage starts on January 26th of 1863. So many people bought a ticket. The boat was on its maximum capacity. There was a lot of mess, people coming, shouting, celebrating, dancing, singing, etc. It was a shiny day, and there was low tide. The boat set sail at 8:00 a.m. and was supposed to be at New Orleans the Febraury 9th. It was a really good journey while the boat was on the north part of the U.S.A
People on the boat had fun. There a lot of activities, some were playing cards, other were eating, drinking tea, looking at the river, or just arguing about the future of the country and war. The was always served at 6:00 p.m. and the breakfast at 8:00 a.m. They always served french toast and a cup of coffee. Most of the passengers were businessman who woul try to convince the southern people to free the slaves and make more use of electric machines.
One day, the boat was near the middle of the U.S.A. As I told on the begining of the story, this was a dangerous trip because southern people controled all the boast that crossed the northern line. It was about 7:00 a.m. when some passengers woke up to look on the windows, what was the cause of a metalic noise, caming from the bottom of the boat. Some people shouted while others faint. There were around 8 crocodiles sorrounding the boat. It was nothing to care about, but people were really frightened. Captain Warren took action and acelerate the speed of the boat.
On Febraury the 4th, some ligths were seen in the darkness. Within every minute, the lights came to get bigger and bigger. There were only two explanations for a boat in the southern part of the country at midnight. Another steamboat returning to the norht, or the Confederation boats. Suddenly the sound of shooting canyons were listened far, but the sound came closer and closer. The boat started to stagger, and people started to scream. There were other eight sound of canyons and the boat started to sink. People were drowning and crying. The Confederation boats attacked Sultana.
That was the night were more than 1800 people died on the Sultana steamboat because it blew up, and after, sink.
