12/24/1866
A Mississippi steamboat burns to the waterline at its dock in New Orleans, Louisiana Crime/Disasters
09/18/1866
- 09/19/1866
A Southern Soldier's Convention of Confederate veterans is meeting in Memphis. Campaigns/Elections
11/06/1860
Election Day in Memphis, Tennessee Campaigns/Elections
03/01/1859
Five newspaper offices burn in Memphis, Tennessee fire Crime/Disasters
07/06/1867
In Franklin, Tennessee, a fatal confrontation between Confederate veterans and discharged black soldiers results in gunfire. Campaigns/Elections
10/31/1860
In Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat's boiler ruptures and scalds forty-five people aboard to death Crime/Disasters
05/01/1866
- 05/03/1866
In Memphis, serious riots break out as whites kill, rape, and burn in African-American sections of the city Crime/Disasters
12/22/1860
In Memphis, U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee is hanged in effigy Lawmaking/Litigating
08/21/1864
In Tennessee, Confederate General Forrest's cavalry makes a daring raid into the streets of Union-held Memphis Battles/Soldiers
11/15/1866
Near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat burns and six people are killed. Crime/Disasters
12/01/1866
Official figures state cholera epidemic raging across the country has killed more than 10,000. Crime/Disasters
04/27/1865
On the Mississippi, near Memphis, the Steamboat "Sultana" explodes and up to 1,800 passengers and crew die Crime/Disasters
06/24/1860
Scores die when a Mississippi steamboat explodes and burns near Cairo, Illinois Crime/Disasters
01/13/1860
Slave-mart collapses in Memphis, Tennessee and four "valuable negro men" die Crime/Disasters
06/13/1858
Steamboat founders on the Mississippi Crime/Disasters
10/19/1860
- 10/28/1860
Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South Campaigns/Elections
12/13/1860
Two steamboats collide on the Mississippi River above Memphis, one sinks in minutes Crime/Disasters
