In 1880 while Bat is in Dodge City, Kansas General William T. Sherman, he of "Sherman's March to the Sea", appears to promote President Hayes's bid for re-election. The town is full of Texas cowboys just up from a trail drive and, while they're happy to rub elbows with the President, they'd be even more pleased to assassinate General Sherman. The town marshal, expecting trouble, deputizes Bat to be General Sherman's personal bodyguard. Bat makes the rounds of the city looking for people who may make trouble. He takes a derringer from Cherry a dancer who inadvertently gives Bat a hint where a cowboy named Luke is at. Luke along with his relatives are very anti-Sherman with one of them throwing eggs at the General. Bat tells them to leave town hoping that will end the threat. Sherman decides he wants to visit the hot spots of Dodge City that night. Bat escorts Sherman preventing some incidents on the tour. However, when he spots Luke's cousin still in town, his problems start.
—David Bassler