Andersonville

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Play Time: 167 mins
War, Drama, TV Movie, History
Andersonville

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.

Status: Released (1996-03-03)
Awards:Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 10 nominations total
Screen:David W. Rintels
Productions: Turner Pictures (I), Turner Network Television, Gideon Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Andersonville
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John Chard

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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 fro ....

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