Short answers, pulled from the story.
The American Broadcasting Company network aired the first installment of North and South on the 3rd of November 1985. This three-part miniseries adaptation drew directly from John Jakes' trilogy of novels published in the early 1980s.
Patrick Swayze played Orry Main while James Read portrayed George Hazard in the 1985 miniseries. Lesley-Anne Down starred as Madeline Fabray LaMotte Main and Wendy Kilbourne played Constance Flynn Hazard.
David Carradine won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 1986. The costuming team also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for Episode 4.
The final chapter arrived much later on the 27th of February 1994 under the title Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III. Critics and viewers received this third installment poorly compared to its predecessors.
These two men become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point. Young Southerner Orry Main boarded a train toward West Point in the summer of 1842.