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Remember the Sultana

Name: Remember the Sultana
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2015-04-27
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.5

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.

Released: Apr 27, 2015 Genre: Documentary HistoryCasts: Sean Astin Mackenzie Astin Jim Beaver Bob Bergen Leah Ann Cevoli Jim Cummings Matthew Jayson CwernDirectors: Mark Marshall Mike MarshallDuration: 1h 36m Rating: 6.5 Country:Production: River Rock Entertainment LLC, Purple Ace Productions

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