

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.
April 27, 2018
1h 36m
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Mark Marshall
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.

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


Brendan Hedges, Mark Marshall
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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)
River Rock Entertainment LLC
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Purple Ace Productions
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