Andersonville is a 1996 American television film directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamo
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John Frankenheimer, director of Andersonville, on set in 1994.
Andersonville Prison, located near Andersonville, Georgia, was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. Most of the site lies in southwestern Maco
Andersonville (film)
…directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamous Confederate prison camp. The film premiered on TNT on March 3, 1996. The film is loosely based on the diary of John Ransom, a Union soldier imprisoned there. Although certain…
Reconstruction of a section of the stockade wall
A depiction of Andersonville Prison by John L. Ransom, former prisoner
A drawing of Andersonville Prison by Thomas O'Dea, former prisoner
Providence Spring, the only source of clean drinking water for the prisoners (fountain erected in 1901)