Remember the Sultana (2015)

04/27/2015 (EN) • 1h 36m

Documentary, History

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sean Astin

Narrator

Mackenzie Astin

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

Jim Beaver

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

Bob Bergen

Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

Leah Ann Cevoli

Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

Jim Cummings

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

Matthew Jayson Cwern

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$500,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

civil war

mississippi river

steamboat

riverboat

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