Remember the Sultana
Documentary
History
The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.
Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.
2018-04-27
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Cast
Sean Astin as Narrator
Mackenzie Astin as Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
Jim Beaver as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
Bob Bergen as Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
Leah Ann Cevoli as Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
Jim Cummings as Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
Matthew Jayson Cwern as Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)