George Hazard and Orry Main are for two opposite sides of a Civil War, that has just started. But for twenty years they have been the best friends ever (see: "North and South" (1985) (mini)). So, when they get in trouble, they can still count on each other. While, the men are fighting, women must take care of their houses. But not all the people are good and honest. Elkanah Bent, a big enemy of George and Orry, with a help form Orry's sister; Ashton, smuggle precious goods from Europe. George's brother and sister-in-law want to become rich from the war. Times get harder and harder. Will the war ever end? What influence is it going to make on the Hazards, the Mains and the nation?

George Hazard:
[avoiding to talk about the war] What's that on your finger?


Orry Main:
[smiles] Madeline and I were finally married.


George Hazard:
Oh, congratulations!


Orry Main:
I wish you'd been there to be my best man.


George Hazard:
I'll make it up to you! Throw you the greatest party you ever saw, after the war!


Orry Main:
[both laughing] Great!


George Hazard:
We'll make it a West Point reunion. I'll even invite Marcus Hessler, remember him?


Orry Main:
[tense pause] He was killed by a Union shooter last week.


George Hazard:
[another tense pause] Orry, Lincoln bend over backwards to accomodate the South...


Orry Main:
Then why did he invade Virginia? You call Bull Run accommodate?


George Hazard:
Wait a minute, I was there, I saw it! There was an entire rebel army waiting to invade the capital, what was Lincoln supposed to do? He took an oath to preserve the Union. The South started it by firing on Sumpter!


Orry Main:
We didn't start anything! We just wanted to be left alone!


Orry Main:
You never even gave him a chance! You refused to compromise! He just could NOT extend slavery into the new territories!


Orry Main:
That is NOT the issue George! We both agreed that slavery is an outmoded institution that will only hold South back!


George Hazard:
[pause] Dear God, what has happened to us?


Orry Main:
[gets up] Well, I think that under the circumstances it was best that we ended our business partnership.

Boom mic visible: In the 1st episode, when Orry meets with President Davis (when Davis and Lee fight about succession being a crime or not) a mike is visible in the mirror on the wall.