
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Alan Hale
Tex Bell

William Lundigan
Bob Holliday

Van Heflin
Rader

Gene Reynolds
Jason Brown

Henry O'Neill
Cyrus Brody

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Windy Brody