20th century computer games designer Scott, Civil War buff, buys an antique desk from that era and, while polishing it, he discovers a secret compartment in which sits an unmailed letter--a letter written by a young poet named Lizzie over a century earlier. Touched by her yearning for passion, he writes her back, egged on by his mystically inclined mother. Magically, his letter reaches Lizzie and they begin a correspondence that threatens Scott's impending marriage but promises to bring fulfilment to Lizzie. Spanning the Civil War to the present, the perils of Lizzie's war-torn situation threaten her safe passage into the future. Will their love endure the test of time?

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Campbell Scott

Scotty Corrigan

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Lizzie Whitcomb

David Dukes

Everett Reagle

Estelle Parsons

Beatrice Corrigan

Daphne Ashbrook

Debra Zabriskie

Gerrit Graham

Warren Whitcomb

Kali Rocha

Flossy Whitcomb

Laurie Kennedy

Lavinia Whitcomb

Irma P. Hall

Mae Mullen

Myra Carter

Clarice Whitcomb

Richard Woods

Jacob Campbell

Cara Stoner

Maggie the Maid