This is a story from Major Tom Sheppard, a Union Army soldier in Colorado's territory. Tom retired from the army and then asked three years later to act as a liaison between the Comanche Indians and the Government of the United States. During that transition, the president urges Tom to travel to a town called Shilo, a lawless town. The president knew that the town of Shilo was critical to the government. The president asks Tom to go there and try...