Andersonville
The great untold story of the American Civil War.
6.6 / 10
167 minutes
1996-03-03
English
US
Actors :
Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Carmen Argenziano, Frederick Coffin, Cliff DeYoung, William H. Macy, William Sanderson, Matt McGrath, Jan Tříska
Description
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.
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Reviews
John Chard
5/16/2024, 3:22:14 PM
And what do you call this little piece of heaven? The American Civil War, and Union soldiers are imprisoned at Andersonville, a crude stockade establishment presided over by the inept and cruel Captain Henry Wirz. It would prove to be a another dark and soul destroying chapter from the war. Lets get it out there right away, Andersonville was not the only hell hole prison operating during the...