The Horse Soldiers

“The Horse Soldiers” is a story about a Union Cavalry unit of 1,700 men that are sent behind confederate lines in the spring of 1863, their mission to destroy a railroad supply center. With the men within the unit is a doctor, Major Henry Kendall (William Holden) the regimental surgeon who causes instant antipathy between himself and the unit’s commander, Benjamin H. Grierson (John Wayne). As if that isn’t bad enough, the two are over heard arguing by a southern belle, Miss Hannah Hunter (Constance Towers) who is then taken with them to ensure her silence. Each member has his own reasons for seeing this mission out to the end in a final show down with Confederate troops in Baton Rouge.