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Sixteen-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey joins the Army to defend the Union against Colonel Watie, leader of the Cherokee Indian rebels, and is assigned to infiltrate the enemy camp where he discovers there is more to war than honor and glory.

Jeff Bussey, a young Union volunteer, is sent to spy on Confederate Cherokee raiders.

The struggles and hardships faced by Jeff Bussey on his 300-mile escape route during the Civil War.