The Civil War: Remember the Sultana

PBS America

8:45 AM to 10:45 AM

Sunday 1 December

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Sean Astin tells the story of the steamboat Sultana, America's worst maritime disaster in history. Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster