Focuses on the rifts in several Kentucky families caused by the Civil War: one father padlocks the gate permanently when his son leaves to aid the Confederacy; an opportunist banker's daughter falls in love with a Rebel; one family that does nothing but attempt to stay neutral is hassled and harried by the loyalist Home Guard. Took a little bit to figure out the cast of characters, but once you have the who's who down, it's a good read.