The story of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a brilliant and very controversial Confederate general in the War Between the States. Even now, more than 150 years after the end of the war, Forrest has remained surrounded in controversy.
In the aftermath of "Uprising" and "The Assault on Fort Ridgely", Colonel H. H. Sibley establishes a military tribunal to place the captured Dakota on trial for their actions. Lead by Lieutenant Olin and appointed commissioners, the US Army seeks revenge, but at what cost?