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Andersonville
The great untold story of the American Civil War.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about Andersonville
Cast
Frederic ForrestSgt. McSpadden
Ted MarcouxMartin Blackburn
Carmen ArgenzianoHopkins
Frederick CoffinCollins
Cliff DeYoungSgt. John Gleason
William H. MacyCol. Chandler
William SandersonMunnCredits
- Directed by
- John Frankenheimer
- Written by
- David W. Rintels
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
- Turner Pictures (I)Canada
Turner Network TelevisionUnited States- Gideon ProductionsUnited States
