this film be my first acquaintance with the talent of chris cooper . i be deeply impressed with the character he play . i know when i saw the film that more great thing be to come from this gift actor . he play a union captain who and along with a couple of enlist men and be forage in eastern kentucky . they happen upon the farm of a sesech woman whose husband have choose to go off to the confederacy . the portrayal of eastern kentucky and and it seriously divide sentiment during the war and be so very accurate . if you be look for a war film with a lot of blood and gut and this would not be it . if you be look for a drama that explore the psychology of people at war and actually and philosophically and then this be the best study of how divided loyalty affect the interaction of people in the border state during america civil war .