When word spreads through Dodge City that General Sherman would be making a stop there, havoc breaks out for Earp. Newspaper reporters, ex-Confederates, ex-Union soldiers, Indian lovers, and the local politicians all have their own plans.
Marshal Earp must deal with a variety of reactions when Dodge City's citizens learn that General William T. Sherman plans to board a train in their town. Former union soldiers insist on welcoming the general with parades, bands and speeches, ex-confederates want to welcome him with bullets and religious fanatics plan to picket all of the festivities because of his Indian war policies. To top off Marshal Earp's problems, a group of Eastern newspaper correspondents incite barroom brawls with all the factions. Only one person in town has an unselfish reason for wanting to see Sherman - Sophie Hanson is concerned about the man she is engaged to who is fighting the Indians under General Sherman.—David Bassler