A CAVALRY OFFICER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINAL CAPTURE OF JOHN BROWN.
AT WEST POINT, DASHING, SOUTHERN-BORN J.E.B. (JEB) STUART, LATER TO BECOME THE SOUTH'S GREATEST CAVALRYMAN DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE ARRIVES, ALONG WITH MULE & DOG, WEARING AN OUTLANDISH UNIFORM OF HIS OWN DESIGN, CONFUSING THE SENTINELS AT THE POST TO THINK HE IS A HIGH-RANKING, FOREIGN OFFICER. HE IS ONLY A NEW CADET REPORTING TO THE POINT FOR TRAINING. MEETS A RADICAL ABOLITIONIST, SECRET FOLLOWER OF FANATIC JOHN BROWN, OUT TO CHANGE THE CASTE & CLASS SYSTEM IN AMERICA. HIS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES GETS HIM KICKED OUT OF THE POINT. JEB & FRIENDS (FUTURE CIVIL WAR GENERALS), GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER, ROBERT E. LEE, KIT CARSON, PHIL SHERIDAN, JAMES LONGSTREET, GEORGE PICKETT, & JOHN HOOD, ALL GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT IN 1854 & ARE ASSIGNED TO A WESTERN POST IN KANSAS WHERE THEY MUST COMBAT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DREADED BROWN. AT FORT LEAVENWORTH WITH THE 2ND U.S. CAVALRY, THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF OWNER OF A SUCCESSFUL FREIGHTING COMPANY.
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