Remember the Sultana

Mike Marshall
2015-04-27

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.
6.5
96 min

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

Name Character Team
Sean Astin Narrator Unowned
Mackenzie Astin Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice) Unowned
Jim Beaver Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice) Unowned
Bob Bergen Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice) Unowned
Leah Ann Cevoli Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice) Unowned
Jim Cummings Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice) Unowned
Matthew Jayson Cwern Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson) Unowned