Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
Cast: Kirstie Alley, Georg Stanford Brown, David Carradine, Philip Casnoff, Lesley-Anne Down, Genie Francis, Terri Garber, Wendy Kilbourne, Jim Metzler, James Read, Lewis Smith, John Stockwell, Patrick Swayze, Johnny Cash, Olivia Cole, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Guillaume, Hal Holbrook, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, David Ogden Stiers, Inga Swenson, Elizabeth Taylor, John Anderson, Lee Bergere, Jonathan Frakes, Wendy Fulton, David Harris, Mitchell Ryan, Forest Whitaker, Michael McClendon, Erica Gimpel, William Ostrander, Tony Frank, Alveda King, Walter Barnes, Nikki Creswell, Chris Douridas, Temi Epstein, Bill Eudaly, Arthur Gilliard, Cody Wilson Hampton, Tuck Milligan, Andy Stahl, Robert Vaucresson
When George Hazard learns that it's his sister-in-law who owns the majority shares in the mining operation at Mont Royal, he turns to his brother Stanley who does the right thing. George returns to Mont Royal with Madeline and as the new owner of the mine, makes things right.
ith Madeline's school burned to the ground by the Klan, they decide to rebuild. Cooper Main has discovered phosphates on Mont Royal land and with Isobel Hazard as an investor, begins a mining operation.
With the war having come to an end, Orry and Madeline are living in Richmond until Mont Royal can be rebuilt. Elkanah Bent and Ashton Hontoon pay them a visit. She thinks it's to get money out of Orry but Bent has revenge in mind and Orry is killed.