The Blue and the Gray

Based on the writing of Civil War historian Bruce Catton. While on assignment for his uncle's newspaper, illustrator John Geyser (John Hammond) meets the mysterious Jonas Steele (Stacy Keach); when the nation goes to war, the two friends -- one a combat artist, the other a Union capta.

Welles vows revenge when his son is killed by Union troops; Mary and Jonas marry; Malachy meets his first Confederate soldier; President Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation.

Jonas mourns Mary's death and sets out to find vengeful Welles; John is unable to save Mark's life and returns home; soon after the surrender at Appomattox Court House, the Geyser and Hale families gather for the wedding of John and Kathy.