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.

• DirectorMark Marshall
• Release27 April 2015
• Genre
  Documentary / History
• Duration1h 36m
• Budget$500,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.5
  2 reviews
• Productions

  River Rock Entertainment LLC, Purple Ace Productions