Barter Theatre brings to NPAC true stories of the people and the music that shaped America. The stirring true stories of the people who lived through the greatest conflict in our nation's history is told in their own words and woven with traditional period music that will inspire you. This play is filled with the courage, sacrifice, personal suffering and triumph of the people and time that galvanized our nation, giving a perspective on the Civil War that is not contained in any history books.