The story takes place from July to September 1870.
Five years after the end of the Civil War , Kirk Collins , a former captain of the southern army, devises a plan to force the president of the United States to grant independence to the southern states. Allied to a group of escaped prisoners, Collins storm a train on which General Praser travels . Ken Parker and a funny little man in a checkered suit, Oake Barnum , are also traveling on that same train.
