一个抽烟的人打开他的烟盒，请坐在他右边的人抽烟，右边的人说："谢谢，我不抽烟。"他又请坐在左边的人抽烟，左边的人也说："我不抽烟，谢谢！"他的夫人提醒道："你怎么不请坐在对面的人抽烟呢？""因为他会抽烟！"

　　Based on a true story of the American Civil War, culminating at the Battle of New Market, May 1864. A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Leaving behind their youth, these cadets must decide what they are fighting for.