Bas ]@ed? o#n a. _ true story
]of the American .Civil War, culmin$at$ing a *?t !^the B+at/$*tle o=)f New Market, ;(May 186)?4(. ; A gr+#*oup . of teenage cadets$. she.lte#$^red from w@;@^ar at: the=_= Vir^-ginia Military Institute must conf]ron!!t/ ;_the- ho?#rrors of 
an@= adul t w@)orld +=w:h@)en they are called upon to defend ^
/the She*na*.`n=%do*
a-h Valley. Leaving behi
nd their youth, these cadets must decide wh $at the^!/y are fig )\ht%ing for.