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Remember the Sultana

65% | Apr 27, 2015 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

Dave Edison
Editor
Matthew C. Egan
Executive Producer

Cast

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Sean Astin
Narrator
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Mackenzie Astin
Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
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Jim Beaver
Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
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Bob Bergen
Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
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Leah Ann Cevoli
Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

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