Narrator
Sean Astin
Narrator

“The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.”
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.
Narrator
Sean Astin
Narrator
Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
Mackenzie Astin
Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)
Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
Jim Beaver
Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
Bob Bergen
Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)
Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
Leah Ann Cevoli
Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)
Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
Jim Cummings
Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)
Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)
Matthew Jayson Cwern
Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)
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