In the joy of reunion colored by the harsh reality of war, beautiful Carrie Cromwell and her handsome beau Robert Borden have a quiet, simple wedding....But their time together is cut short when the lieutenant is called back to duty. The stunning success at Chancellorsville was reason for great rejoicing -- until "General Stonewall Jackson is dead!" echoed across the land, striking deep into the heart of Dixie. In a desperate bid for Southern victory, Confederate President Davis sends Robert on a perilous journey through Northern territory....With energy renewed by love, Carrie returns to nursing the battlefield wounded and ministering to the special needs at Chimborazo hospital. Confronted with the severe shortage of medicine, she sets out on a daring mission to retrieve special healing herbs -- from behind enemy lines.