Petr Valory cannot recover from the gold fever madness of the California Gold Rush. Because of gold, his father murdered, his mother and sister both disappeared, Petr joins forces with a suicidal Army captain, Stephen Vincent, and together they determine to die gloriously in battle. The American Civil War of 1862-1863 affords ample opportunity for heroic death. A bit of gold allows them to join a regiment already fighting in the field, the 49th Ohio...