Remember the Sultana poster

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.

Remember the Sultana

6.520181h 36m

DocumentaryHistory

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.

Directed by Mark Marshall

CAST

The people behind the story

Sean Astin

Sean AstinNarrator

Mackenzie Astin

Mackenzie AstinCaptain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

Jim Beaver

Jim BeaverJoseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Bob Bergen

Bob BergenCaptain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Leah Ann Cevoli

Leah Ann CevoliEliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

Jim Cummings

Jim CummingsSergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)

Matthew Jayson Cwern

Matthew Jayson CwernLieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)