A soldier finds letters on a battlefield in France and falls in love with the woman who wrote them. Trapped in no man's land in the final days of World War I, Private Ransom James MacTavish consoles a dying Lietenant by reading to him the letters of his fiancee, Elizabeth, a high born Charleston Lady. When the officer dies, Ransom is stranded alone between the American and German trenches. His sole comfort is reading the elegant letters from the officer's fiancee. Although he is penniless, Ransom comes home determined to win Elizabeth's heart but soon discovers he must compete with a wealthy suitor while evading a lustful widow and a sheriff with a tendency to shoot people. Ransom's only hope is the bond of a spirited pregnant teenager and the eccentric wisdom of a crusty Civil War veteran.