Presents the history of the Second Cavalry, a division of the U.S. Army formed to quell the Native American warriors attacking frontier settlements in Texas and Mexico.

Prologue: Comanche Moon --"Jeff Davis's Own" -- To the Staked Plain -- War without Scruple -- "Tell Robert I Cannot Advise Him to Enter the Army" -- Hood's Epic -- The Reputation of the Regiment -- Chastising the Indians -- "Near to Death's Door" -- Crisis on the Rio Grande -- Twiggs's Treachery -- Cradle of Leadership -- Band of Brothers, Divided.