LEXINGTON MISSOURI, May 16th, 1865

A young man of only 18, Jesse Woodson James has seen 4 years of hard war in the great state of Missouri against the thieving yankees. Joining the guerrilla group known as Quantrill's Raiders (led by the eponymous William Quantrill) after federal soldiers raided the James-Samuels household, torturing his step-father Reuben Samuels and lashing Jesse. From that day onward until now he has traveled with Fletch Taylor and the notorious William "Bloody Bill" Anderson. Following Bloody Bill's death, his brother Frank and Jesse split up, with Jesse heading into Texas while Frank went to Kentucky. Yet, after 4 bitter years of fighting, young Jesse is cold, tired, and hungry. After receiving word of Robert E. Lee's surrender in Virginia, young James has decided to give up. In the early morning of May 16th, Jesse James has traveled back home to Missouri to Missouri to surrender to Federal Authorities.