The year was 1863. For the Confederacy, the Civil War was hanging by a thread . . . and that tread was in gold. Over a thousand miles to the West, the Union was extracting untold wealth from gold mines scattered throughout the Rocky Mountains and shipping it to fund Lincoln's war. In the midst of this turmoil, a daring, young, Rebel captain, Jim Reynolds, was assigned to lead an important mission: to capture the gold fields of the Colorado Territory and redirect the wealth to the failing Confederate treasury. The success of the venture could turn the tide of the war and change the course of history.