• Documentary, History •

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

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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.

Cast

  • Sean Astin

    Sean Astin

    Narrator

  • Mackenzie Astin

    Mackenzie Astin

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

  • Jim Beaver

    Jim Beaver

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

  • Bob Bergen

    Bob Bergen

    Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

  • Leah Ann Cevoli

    Leah Ann Cevoli

    Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

  • Jim Cummings

    Jim Cummings

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

  • Matthew Jayson Cwern

    Matthew Jayson Cwern

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

Media

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