Andersonville - A Movie Review

Andersonville To be honest, I rented this movie reluctantly. I didn't expect to be as moved and touched as I was by the end of the film. Andersonville was the infamous Southern prison camp located in Andersonville, Georgia. The film begins with a Massachusetts regiment that is captured and sent by train to the prison camp. Once there, they are greeted by the Raiders, who are a group of Union soldiers who murder, steal and …

…of being exchanged was the only one these soldiers had and it was a terrible and mean trick to use when Andersonville prisoners were being transferred to other camps. Supposedly the camp was built for 8,000. On record, it states that Andersonville had been "home" to 45,000 and of those, 12,912 died there. The casualties of the Civil War were so great not only in battle but also in such prison camps as the infamous Andersonville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**