Griffith Sees the Elephant

The Civil War Without the Glory

Two young people, accidentally in love, navigate the world of moral ambiguity that is the American Civil War.

1861: Griffith Williams, 17, a Welsh immigrant to Virginia and reluctant rebel soldier, has persuaded his sweetheart, Clara Chiles, a brilliant Virginian and feminist, not to support slavery. In a violent argument with her father, owner of 120 slaves, Clara backs abolition. With her life in danger from her outraged father, she flees with her enslaved ma...