Kind of entertaining, but as far from the truth as can be. It's Lost Cause deliberate lies trying to make the bad guys, Confederates, seem heroic. Except for there being a raid, nothing about the film is true:
There was no escape from a Union prison.
They were doing it for money, not "revenge for Sherman's burning Atlanta." Sherman didn't even burn Atlanta, Confederate General Wheeler did.
The raiders didn't "win." Not even close. 13 of them were captured by a Union captain on leave. The raid turned Canadian opinion against the Confederacy.
And Canada's govt made the raiders return the money. The raid failed in every way.
There was no escape from a Union prison.
They were doing it for money, not "revenge for Sherman's burning Atlanta." Sherman didn't even burn Atlanta, Confederate General Wheeler did.
The raiders didn't "win." Not even close. 13 of them were captured by a Union captain on leave. The raid turned Canadian opinion against the Confederacy.
And Canada's govt made the raiders return the money. The raid failed in every way.