A wealthy Winchester, Virginia slave-owning family is traced from 1846 to the last day of the Civil War. As you meet Jack, the dashing and handsome son of John and Catherine MacDougal, and his beautiful Mennonite bride, you will join them through their adventures, romance, and personal turmoil as the MacDougal family members experience the last years of antebellum western Virginia. From the first day of Virginia s secession and throughout the Civil War you will see how the family struggled to keep their dairy and cattle operation running in order to cope and survive the numerous Confederate and Union occupations in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War."