Failure of Civil Engineering: Sultana Disaster (1865) Matthew OxleyHonors Introduction to Engineering DesignSeverna Park High SchoolIndexAbstract…………………………………… …… ………………………3Death on the Dark River: The Story of the Sultana Disaster………………...4The Ship………… …………………………..………… …..………..6 Ethics and cause (with further explanation)………… ……………..6Changes to policies/regulations………………..………..7Conclusion ……… ………………………………………………………………...8References……………… …………………………………………… ………………9AbstractThe following article is about the Sultana disaster in 1865. It describes the history of the disaster, includes a description of the ship, as well as the ethics, cause, results and conclusion of the tragedy. The research includes online sources and a newspaper entry. Future work could include research into the disaster's aftermath and cleanup procedures, as well as publicity throughout the United States. Additionally, research questions could address the design of the ship's boilers and other possible causes of the accident. Keywords: Sultana, disaster, steamboat, boilersDeath on the Dark River: The Story of the Sultana Disaster It was April 1865. Lincoln had been dead for 11 days. This was due to disease, poor housing conditions and malnutrition in the prison camps. They had a feverish desire to go north to their Midwestern homes, where they would see family, rest and eat again. Most of these men would have gone by river. After the war ended, many men had to travel on the Sultana, from Vicksburg. This vessel was a typical sidewheeler built in Cincinnati in 1863 for the lower Mississippi cotton trade. By law, it had a maximum capacity of 376 passengers (rootsweb.ancestry, 1996), and you will see that this capacity was soon exceeded. The captain was JC Mason, who had a reputation for being good and attentive