Emily takes steps to ensure that her family won’t repeat their past mistakes. The Amherst gang gathers for a fond farewell.
After a clash with Sue, Emily wishes she could escape from this troubled time altogether. Austin struggles with a man’s responsibility in wartime.
The Dickinsons take a fun family outing to an asylum. Henry helps the soldiers with a uniform inspection.
Emily tries to connect with the pain of war by writing to a Union Army colonel and visiting a war hospital. Henry takes a new job teaching soldiers.
Amid the Civil War’s mounting casualties, the Dickinsons grieve one of their own—and Emily struggles to keep the peace in her family.
Frazar Stearns leaves to meet his fate on the battlefield just as the Dickinson family welcomes a new life.
Determined to heal the nation, Emily and Lavinia host a sewing circle to support the troops with help from Amherst’s finest seamstress, Betty.
