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.
Director
Mark Marshall
Box Office
Budget$0.5M
Production
River Rock Entertainment LLCPurple Ace Productions
Cast
Sean AstinNarratorMackenzie 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)
