When Rachel's husband, Stuart, joins the Union cavalry after Fort Sumter, she will have to find the grit and determination to survive on their small Illinois farm. What she doesn't expect is to fall in love with a handsome young neighbor. United in war, Stuart and Jared are divided by their love for the same woman. Each man must fight his own demons as well as the Confederates. At the last, all three confront issues of honor, love, and mortality.