Remember the Sultana
Directed by Mark Marshall, Mike Marshall2018 1h 36m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [History](/on-demand/category/history)
7.46.5
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.