When Laura Marquardt and Brandon Reid are seated together at a dinner party, they soon find that they share similar interests, Laura desires to educate blacks, and Brandon, as a white officer over colored troops, eagerly supports her cause. When Laura's sister marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. And when Brandon's motives for pursuing her come into question, she becomes even more conflicted.
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