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Andersonville

Where:

Georgia Virginia

When:

The 1860s

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.

Released in 1996 — 167 minutes

Genres:

War Drama TV Movie History

Language:

English