With clear division sketched across The United States by means of The Mason-Dixon Line, may susceptible citizens were caught in limbo by the Civil War. Despite intimately connected, conflicting patriotism placed many in a deadlock that sometimes resulted in destroying families. In To Tame a Rebel, Roark Adams and Sonja Larivey is one such war-torn couple entrapped by the adversity sweeping the nation. Dissimilarly gifted, these duty-bound medical personnel cling to fundamental differences and test the stamina of love. In an epic portrayal of the war effort inside the Union hospitals, they struggle to develop a relationship that can transcend crushing political disparity, brutal personal persecution, and their inherent discord, in an attempt to ultimately attain a mutual position of supportive acceptance for their conflicting attitudes.