Ellis, Virginia

Maddy Marshall's life is forever changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor when all the young men she grew up with, including her fiance, enlist in the Army and set off to fight in the war, leaving her behind with only a photograph to remind her of those she loves.

The wedding dress Julia and Victoria create for their sister becomes a beacon of hope for a family caught in the Civil War.

Julia and Victoria, barely married before their husbands joined the Confederate Army, decide to bring some cheer into their home by making a wedding dress for their seventeen-year-old sister Claire Atwater, even though she has no intended groom, which becomes a beacon of hope and faith for the three young women.