In this timeless story of love and devotion set against the background of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier called W.P. Inman silenced his unit and journeys across the South, aiming to go back to his wife, Ada, who he left to tend his farm. Ada struggles to keep their house undamaged with all Ruby's guidance Since Inman makes his journey home, a drifter sent to help her with way of a neighbor.