Movie Description

Andersonville

(1996)

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.

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Original TitleAndersonville

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1996-03-03

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 02h 47m

Production CompaniesTurner Pictures (I),Turner Network Television,Gideon Productions

Genres

  • War
  • Drama
  • TV Movie
  • History