Launchpad McQuack gets invited down to the town of Duck Ridge, where the townsfolk plan to honor his relative, General Rhubarb McQuack. Launchpad claims that Rhubarb was a Civil War Hero, but actually bungled the charge, shaming his men. High atop one of Duck Ridge’s mountains, Launchpad, Doofus and the nephews find the old cavalry men, still ashamed and dejected. Launchpad had been called back to recreate the ‘humiliating defeat,’ but plans to use this Civil War recreation to give the men a chance to win.