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North and South is the title of three American television miniseries broadcast on the ABC network in , , and Set before, during, and immediately after the American Civil War , they are based on the s trilogy of novels North and South by John Jakes. The saga tells the story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina Patrick Swayze and George Hazard of Pennsylvania James Read , who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the war. Filming of the miniseries resulted in four marriages among the cast and crew. Read and Kilbourne, who played opposite each other, married in and now have two children.