Though the Civil War is over, former Confederate soldier Eugene Wyeth refuses to forgive and forget. Living under an assumed name with a price on his head, he wanders the country, anticipating a bounty hunter around every corner. But when his old comrade-in-arms Rattlesnake Jack is shot, Wyeth must risk exposure and ride into town to seek help. With the powerful Kirby Taylor and his gang of gunslingers determined to stand in Wyeth's way, there is trouble looming.