Jacob Ball was a Civil War veteran and a receipient of the Medal of Honor. While Ball is in Washinton, D>C> to accept the Medal,President Lincoln is assassinated. Jacob decides to travel west with his family to find a better life. Driven to hardship by several family tragedies, he decides to take his family back home to Iowa.
When he gets lost in the desert, Jacob discovers a treasure cache. A diary kept by his wife list small clues as to the treasure's location.
Don Vincenso Fracci, a violent leader in the Torgosa Crime Family in New York, was now retired. He acquires the diary and makes his remaining years a quest to find the treasure.
