Andersonville 1996

Name: Andersonville
Released: 1996-03-03
Cast: Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux, Carmen Argenziano, Frederick Coffin

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.

Directed by:	John Frankenheimer
Written by:	David W. Rintels
Release date:	1996-03-03
Runtime:	167 minutes
Tagline:	The great untold story of the American Civil War.