Caroline Baylor is the daughter of a prominent southern family, who managed to survive the Civil War. Captain Myles Keogh, of the Seventh Cavalry has been assigned to Baghdad, Kentucky to find bootleggers and members of the Ku Klux Klan. When Caroline meets the handsome Captain Keogh sparks don't only fly between the her and the captain, but her and her family. Zachary Baylor forbids his daughter to see the captain. But Caroline is determined, and when she gets information about the Ku Klux Klan, it's information that will not only destroy the local Klan.