During the American Civil War, two brothers fighting on opposite sides of the conflict.

Inspired by James Warner Bellah's "The Valiant Virginians", a 1953 book that had previously been serialized in "The Saturday Evening Post", this series focused on the impact war has on the young men fighting it. Bellah's stories were about the smaller incidents that impacted the regular soldier, not just the officers, and this show reflected this sensibility.—rtvf

The story of the Canfield brothers, Ben and Jeff, who had taken up arms on opposites sides of the Civil War. While Ben chose to fight with Union forces, younger brother Jeff sided with the Confederacy. Episodes alternated between the brothers, as each one faced the challenges and horrors of this bloody war, until the two finally faced each other on the battlefield.—Jean-Marc Rocher <[email protected]>