Viewing the Civil War from the perspective provided by a collection of letters from Alex and Tom Spence, brothers who served as soldiers in the Confederate’s Army of Tennessee, these documentary shorts recount details of the war in the western arena.
Eidson interprets these stories in a number of mini-documentaries for this exhibit, viewed within an interactive touch-screen video kiosk. The kiosk is layered with information, interviews with historians, still photos of artifacts, and narrated correspondence letters.
The video vignettes provide an extensive look into the exhibit’s subject, allowing visitors to delve deep into stories and information. An animated recreation of a soldier’s barracks serves as the kiosk’s main menu navigation.