During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get seperated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate of each other, until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet creek. The men meet and spend the night around a campfire, not realizing they are enemies until the next morning when the sun rises and a new day of battle begins.
Production
Made for $500K but looks like proper period warfare.
Writing
The dread of their morning revelation still haunts me.
Director
Kevin R. Hershberger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hershberger was a Civil War reenactor who funded this through reenactment community connections — those are real period-accurate uniforms.
The film deliberately echoes the 1913 Gettysburg reunion where aged veterans from both sides camped together, making its tragedy feel like stolen history.
US
