A Prayer for the Dying (1970)
In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning. based on novel or book, wisconsin, second chance, american civil war, post civil war, 19th century, 1870s