Central Kansas Library System

As Martha Pootes watched the three Union soldiers approach her parents' farm in Kentucky, she had no inkling of the stark horror they would bring. Raped and left for dead, the young woman managed to impart a sketchy description of her attackers before breathing her last. Returning to General Grant's Army of the Tennessee, the men believe that they are in the clear. Unfortunately for them, Martha's uncle just happens to be a deputy United States marshal....