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Andersonville (1996)

Andersonville (1996)

Drama History War TV Movie

The great untold story of the American Civil War.

Release Date: 1996, March 3
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Turner Pictures (I), Turner Network Television, Gideon Productions
Cast: William H. Macy, Carmen Argenziano, William Sanderson, Frederic Forrest, Frederick Coffin, Jan Tříska, Cliff DeYoung, Matt McGrath, Ted Marcoux, Jarrod Emick

Overview:

This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, inhumane punishments, and a gang of predatory fellow prisoners called the Raiders.

Keywords:

prison prison escape war crimes american civil war prisoner of war union soldier confederate soldier prison brawl