Remember the Sultana

Release Date: 2015-04-27

Runtime: 96

Languages: English

Rating: 6.5

Votes: 2

Genres: Documentary | History

Director: Mark Marshall

Description: 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 swol...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.Read More

Production Companies:

River Rock Entertainment LLC

Purple Ace Productions