Andersonville (1996)

The great untold story of the American Civil War.

• War
• Drama
• TV Movie
• History

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10 (53 votes)

Release date

March 3, 1996

Runtime

2h 47m

Language

English

Director

John Frankenheimer

Status

Released