The Ellis Family, must endure the trials of the Civil War. Cooper, the patriarch, with two of his sons on opposite sides of the war, is determined to remain neutral, wanting nothing to do with the war. While the young bride of his son Bonner has become the victim of an unknown stalker and assailant. He clings to his family, friends, and neighbors as well as to the family homestead settled and cleared by the sweat and blood of his father and mother.