FADED COAT OF BLUE As the nation begins its long, dark march into the Civil War, President Lincoln agonizes over the coming carnage he is powerless to prevent. At the same time, Abel Jones, a decidedly moral man in a troubled age, must face the perilous consequences of an investigation that led him to believe that an idealistic young soldier may have died after being betrayed by those who cherished him most. Set against a backdrop of battles and bordellos, of the intrigues of war-time Washington and the elegant mansions of old Philadelphia, here is a ravishing, disturbing and ultimately glorious portrait of our nation in the midst of its harshest trial.