Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Civil War, the moving saga of the Birmingham family continues as the clash between North and South forces generations of family members to examine their personal and political loyalties. After surviving the harrowing battle of Gettysburg together, cousins Ben and Luke Birmingham are dispatched by the Union army to New York City to quell rioting draft protestors. Violence spills into the streets of the teeming...

The Birmingham family is divided in their loyalties between the North and the South ; Anne continues her charade as a soldier ; Utah Territory battles for statehood.