Sergeant Maurice James Kirby moved overseas to Tennessee when the conditions in his home town of Waterford, Ireland had become unsuitable. Only three days after settling in, Kirby managed to get himself into the thick of a bar fight, A fight in which he managed to take the life of a man, who later was revealed to be the Lieutenant of the 2nd Tennessee. With blood on his hands, and over 20 witnesses to his crime, He was to be sentenced to death or enlisted into a penal military unit, The 2nd Tennessee.
After a few years of service, and quietly keeping his true identity hidden, "James Kirby" was able to gain the rank of Sergeant, and now as the civil war is nigh, He is called to fight for his country, and Dixieland.