Follows several young Union soldiers through the Civil War and what was for them its disasterous aftermath, the sinking of the steamboat Sultana.

Midstream, April 27, 1865 -- Getting there -- War -- The raids -- Somewhere, the little brother -- Captured -- Cahaba -- Andersonville -- Going off alone -- Release -- Sold up the river -- The disaster -- In a dead man's pocket -- The beginning of the end -- Home.