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.
Genre: Documentary
Actor: Matthew Jayson Cwern, Jim Cummings, Mackenzie Astin, Leah Ann Cevoli, Bob Bergen
Production: River Rock Entertainment LLC, Purple Ace Productions
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