Remember the Sultana

Apr 27, 2018

1h 36m

★ 6.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

River Rock Entertainment LLC

Purple Ace Productions

Remember the Sultana Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Sean Astin

Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

Mackenzie Astin

Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Jim Beaver

Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Bob Bergen

Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

Leah Ann Cevoli

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

Jim Cummings

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

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