Remember the Sultana

2018

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.

Running time: 1h 36m

Directors	Mike Marshall, Mark Marshall
Writers	Mark Marshall, Brendan Hedges
Genres	Documentary, History
Release Date	2018
Production Company(s)	River Rock Entertainment LLC, Purple Ace Productions

Actors

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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