Film
Remember the Sultana
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.
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 AstinNarrator
- Mackenzie AstinCaptain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
- Jim BeaverJoseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
- Bob BergenCaptain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
- Leah Ann CevoliEliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
- Jim CummingsSergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
- Matthew Jayson CwernLieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)
