Question:  Melanie Hamilton Wilkes is a fictional character first appearing in a novel whose story is set during what war?
Sentence (from "Gone with the Wind (film)"): Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara, the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, from her romantic pursuit of Ashley Wilkes, who is married to his cousin, Melanie Hamilton, to her marriage to Rhett Butler.
Relevant evidence: No