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

Sean Astin
as Narrator
Narrator

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

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