In 1793 Loyalists that left the US during and after the American War of Independence come back and try to reclaim their home. A Volunteer Loyalist Army marches into what would one day be the US state of Ohio and take over an old British Fort, and they arm themselves and the fort. The young US Government responds by trying to negotiate with the Loyalists but that fails and the US Congress and President Washington approve to create a 5,500 man army to defeat the loyalists. What would happen from April 17th to August 30th of 1793 would change change a nation forever.