The ''Eclipse'' was a river steamboat of the United States. Her boilers exploded on the
Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names, ...
at Johnsonville, near
Paducah, Kentucky, on January 27, 1865, resulting in 38 killed. The deaths and severe injuries resulting from the explosion essentially wiped out a U.S. Army unit, the
9th Independent Battery Indiana Light Artillery
9th Indiana Battery Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The battery was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in December 20, 1861, for a three years service.
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See also
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''Sultana'' (steamboat)
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List of boiler explosions
This article contains a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive, marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power.
Events
-SS Helen McGregor, Boiler Explosion, Memphis, TN, February 1830.
-Staten Island Ferry, ...
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1865 in the United States
Events from the year 1865 in the United States. The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confederate States, beginning the Reconstruction era of U.S. history.
Incumbents Federal Government
* President: Abraham Lincoln ( R-Illi ...
References
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Maritime boiler explosions
American Civil War shipwrecks in the Mississippi River
Maritime incidents in January 1865
Explosions in 1865