Althea Gibson

Based on an actual Civil War incident, The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union soldiers who force their way deep into Southern territory to destroy a rebel stronghold at Newton Station. In command is hardbitten Colonel Marlowe (Wayne), a man who is strikingly contrasted by the company's gentle surgeon (Holden) and the beautiful but crafty Southern belle (Constance Towers) who's forced to accompany the Union raiders on perhaps the most harrowing mission in the war.

Director John Ford's exciting Civil War tale - based on an actual mission - finds a Union regiment ordered deep into enemy terrritory on a surprise raid.

John wayne, Constance Towers and William Holden star in this 1863, fact-based story about a Union mission to destroy a railroad junction deep within Confederate territory.

John wayne, Constance Towers and William Holden star in this 1863, fact-based story about a Union mission to destroy a railroad junction deep within Confederate territory.