Remember the Sultana

Duration : 1 h 36 min

Status : Released

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 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.

Budget : 500,000

Revenue : 0

Release Date : Mon Apr 27 2015

Genres : Documentary, History,