Colonel Marlowe and Major Kendall are ordinary citizens before the War Between the States forces them out of their comfort zones and onto the battlefield. Now their character will be tested as their Cavalry outfit is sent deep into enemy territory on a desperate mission that might cost them their lives. The risk is already great, but when some eavesdropping spies overhear their plans, their mission becomes truly perilous.Tempers flair, prejudices are exposed, and the Cavalry wages war with the enemy as well as with themselves.