Remember the Sultana
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)
Featured Crew
Dave Edison
Editor
Matthew C. Egan
Executive Producer
Mark Marshall
Director
Sean Astin
Executive Producer
Mike Marshall
Director
Brendan Hedges
Writer
Jim Michaels
Executive Producer
Steven Kalodner
Executive Producer
Jeff Hoopingarner
Director of Photography
David T. McKenna
Sound Designer
Mark Marshall
Writer
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