Movie

Remember the Sultana

★ 6.5/10 · 2 votes 2018 1h 36m Released

DocumentaryHistory

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 Narrator Mackenzie Astin Captain J. Walter Elliott Jim Beaver Joseph Taylor Elliott / Fi Bob Bergen Captain Louis Rosché / Ple Leah Ann Cevoli Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andr Jim Cummings Sergeant Alexander C. Brow