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In the days of reconstruction following the Civil Conflict, a wild strip of land in Northern Louisiana continued to be unconquered by troops and untamed by the law. This is actually the history of the fearless veterans - Union and Confederate - who dared to go into this beautiful but hellish valley...and finish off what the battle started out. Red River Valley, 1869. Hoardes of ex-Confederate soldiers have surfaced from the piney hills and mosquito-infested swamps of Louisiana backcountry in your final, bloody show of defiance. After a series of violent raids on carpetbaggers, freed slaves, and Northern cargo boats, Captain Douglas Owens of the 4th Calvary is given requests to reclaim this godforsaken land from its murderous outlaw gangs. By Owens' part is Huff, a ex - slave, and Basil Dubose, an ex-Rebel gunslinger for hire who right answers to no man but his paymaster. With each deadly come across it becomes clearer to Owens that neither the army nor the general public is happy to spill blood for the sake of freed slaves. Along with his options dwindling, the captain takes a squad of soldiers under his command - in a last desperate bet for independence and justice that would change the span of history....