When the Civil War ends, where can a former Confederate soldier go to escape the long memories of neighbors who supported the winning side? Where can Johnny Reb go when he can\'t go home? He can go out West, where the land is hard, where there is danger on every side, and where no one cares for whom you fought - only how well you can do it.
But.
Walt Ames, a former cavalryman with the First Virginia, is headed West with little more than a rifle, a revolver, and a pocket full of looted Yankee gold.
When the Civil War ends, where can a former Confederate soldier go to escape the long memories of neighbors who supported the winning side? Where can Johnny Reb go when he can\'t go home? He can go out West, where the land is hard, where there is danger on every side, and where no one cares for whom you fought - only how well you can do it
