12 SEPTEMBER 1857 SS CENTRAL AMERICA (cont.) The first waves to crash over the steamer sent panic into the passengers and shipped more water through the portholes. Herndon ordered sail unfurled to hold the ship head-up, but the vicious winds mercilessly shredded the Read More
12 SEPTEMBER 1857 SS CENTRAL AMERICA The US Mail Steamship Line was a government underwritten packet steamer company running the US Mail as well as passengers and cargo between New York and New Orleans in the mid-1800s. After the Mexican War a similar Read More