The oft-told tale of controversial Southern-sympathizing outlaw Quantrill is recounted again in this Civil War-era Western. Confederate officer Westcott is assigned to collaborate with the vigilante leader Quantrill in a raid on an ammunition depot in Lawrence, Kansas. Westcott travels onward when the ammo supply is moved, but the vengeance-driven Quantrill insists upon remaining in Lawrence to indulge in one of the bloodiest and most sadistic raids in Kansas history.