 Daniel Neal and his Older brother josh grew up together on a farm in Northern Virginia. Daniel the hard working salt of the earth type and Josh the smart bookish one. After their father dies Josh leaves the family when he s 17 to go north and get an education. The family never hears from him again, until one day many years later on a battlefield in northern Virginia, during one of the biggest battles between the North and The South the two brother meet again only each is fighting for the other side.