Civil Unrest
In April 1861, America takes up arms as war looms in unsettling times. Fifteen-year-old Emma, the daughter of a Baptist preacher, watches over her younger brother, having lost their family in a tragic house fire months prior. Living on the outskirts of Washington County, Virginia, their loving church congregation makes the difficult decision to hand them over to the nearest orphanage. Emma and David face their hardship together. However, a new set of challenges come when a tall, soft-spoken middle-aged man named Michael stops by to take them home. When the inevitable conflict takes them to the war front, all three face the horrors that war brings inside the camp and on the battlefield. Their journey follows the 37th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
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