At the conclusion of The Last Confederate, almost twenty-four thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had fallen on the field of battle at Sharpsburg, making it the bloodiest day of American history. Among the casualties for the South was Captain Vance Wickham, husband of Belle Wickham. She was a daughter of Sky and Rebekah Winslow, and now the tragedy of war makes its dreaded call upon the Winslow family. In The Dixie Widow, Belle Wickham's sorrow...

Union supporter Leah Carter rejoins her Confederate friends, Jeff Majors and his father, when she brings Jeff's baby sister Esther to Richmond in 1864, where her friendship with Jeff begins to turn into something else as his father grows closer to Eileen Fremont, a young widow, and all of them must turn to their Christian faith for help as they face the risks of wartime.