When the devastation of the Civil War tests his trust in God, fourteen-year-old Jeff, a drummer for the Confederate Army, finds encouragement from his best friend Leah and renewed faith from her family.

Fifteen-year-old Jeff Majors faces one difficulty after another as a drummer in the Confederate Army. But more than the Civil War is giving Jeff problems.

Leah's sister Sarah is on her way to that quaint little Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg to help out an old friend. Tom, who is Jeff's brother and the soldier Sarah loves, is also headed to Gettysburg, but with the Army of Northern Virginia. Neither of them know that the Northern and Southern troops are about to clash at peaceful little Gettysburg in the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. As Tom fights his way into town, he sees a girl running, threatened...

The war between North and South grinds on, while Jeff Majors and Leah Carter face new personal problems.

The sound of gunfire has ended and wedding bells are ringing. No more fighting. No more wounded soldiers. Now it's on to the 'happily ever after.' Sarah Carter has agreed to marry Tom Majors, but just as the preparations are beginning, someone gets in the way. Dewitt Falor has other plans for Sarah. He wants her to be his bride, and he's willing to fight for her. Tom can withstand the jeers of Dewitt and his friends, but what happens when fighting...