BLOOMINGTON— For all that has been portrayed about the Civil War and its impact, very little has focused on how it affected specific communities in the Union’s Midwestern heartland. A new documentary from Gudaitis Production explores how the Black and White citizens of Greencastle and Putnam County, Indiana, responded to and were affected by the war.
A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Community premieres Monday, March 3 at 8 p.m. ET on WTIU Public Television and will be available to stream for free on the PBS app. Through this microhistory of the Civil War, the documentary provides an understanding of the war’s broader impact on people throughout Indiana and the Midwest.
This film is based on the book A Generation at War: The Civil War Era in a Northern Community by Nicole Etcheson, Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History at Ball State University. Etcheson’s book was awarded the 2012 Avery O. Craven Award from the Organization of American Historians for the most original book on the Civil War era and the 2012 Best Nonfiction Book of Indiana from the Indiana Center for the Book, Indiana State Library.
About WTIU Public Television
Founded in 1969, WTIU is a PBS member station licensed to Indiana University. The station serves more than 600,000 households in 29 counties in south-central Indiana, including the cities of Bedford, Bloomington, Columbus, and Terre Haute and the communities of Bloomfield, Linton, Martinsville, Nashville, Seymour, and Spencer. WTIU’s programming features PBS’s national schedule, WTIU’s original series Flyover Culture and Journey Indiana, and locally produced documentaries and specials. WTIU is also south central Indiana’s source for award-winning local and regional news, housing the largest public media news bureau in Indiana, which produces WTIU’s weekly news series Indiana Newsdesk. Learn more at wtiu.org.
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