The Civil War explodes, air thick with musket fire, soil drenched with the blood of kinsmen, bodies piling up like cords of wood. In the madness and fury, a small group of Union soldiers fall into the hands of the Confederate army. Overnight, they find themselves herded aboard a prison train bound for the deepest regions of the South, to a slice of Hell carved out of the Georgia clay known as Andersonville. A moving drama that tells the most tragic tales ever to come out of the Civil War.

Videodisc release of the television mini-series. "Widescreen version presented in a "matted" widescreen format preserving a theatrical exhibition aspect ratio enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container. Special features: soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1; 2 feature-length audio commentaries, one by director John Frankenheimer, the other featuring writer/producer David w. Rintels, cinematographer Ric Waite, editor Paul Rubell, production designer Michael Z. Hanan, costume designer May Routh and historian/military choreographer Dale Fetzer; additional scene: A visit from the ladies; interactive menus; TV spot; scene access; enhanced features for your DVD-Rom PC: "A soldier's journal", Images from Andersonville, cast/creator profiles, historical background, inside Andersonville.