think provoking and humble depiction of the human tragedy of war . a small and but altruistic view of one family interaction with the enemy during the civil war in kentucky . this movie lessen the glamor of war while show it effect on not only the soldier but the entire family unit . a lot of today movie show war a an opportunity to highlight the hero and other glamorous feature of war and but very little attempt to show the true effect war actually take on a community . this movie attempt this through a retelling of a person memory of those day . this movie be state to be loose translation of an actual event and when in reality and this movie be probably a factual reality of hundred and perhaps thousand of actual event during the civil war . i highly recommend those interested in our civil war to watch this movie .