Be Strong and Steadfast

Kate, America Joan, and sisters Belle and Elizabeth enjoy their lives in the safe, "finished" town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Then, the Civil War breaks out and their lives will never be the same.

Kate Corbin must make some tough decisions about her family and her own future while dealing with personal losses. America Joan Prentiss and her younger sister must run the family farm, but she longs to make a bigger impact on the Confederate war effort. Belle Turner must help run her family's plantation while she tries to continue living as a genteel Southern woman. Beth Bennett must run her husband's blacksmith shop while caring for her children and helping her family run their plantation. How will the Civil War affect the women and their town? Will they lose faith, or always remain 'Strong and Steadfast'?