Remember the Sultana
"The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers."
Cast & Crew
Sean Astin
as Narrator
Mackenzie Astin
as Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
Jim Beaver
as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
Bob Bergen
as Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
Leah Ann Cevoli
as Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
Jim Cummings
as Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
Matthew Jayson Cwern
as Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)
Mark Marshall
Director
Mike Marshall
Director
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.
