The Blue and the Gray (1982)

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the American Civil War, a young aspiring artist from a Southern family is torn between loyalty to his roots and his moral opposition to slavery. As the nation fractures and the battle lines are drawn, he travels between both sides of the conflict, witnessing its horrors firsthand through the lens of his sketchbook. Personal tragedies, shifting allegiances, and ideological clashes illuminate the human cost of war in this epic tale of family, freedom, and the enduring struggle to define what it means to be American.