Lincoln's lost gold?

[Gene C]

It's my opinion that these gold hunters and the FBI are looking in the wrong place.

During the US civil war, a train transporting Yankee army gold is ambushed by a group of Confederate soldiers, led by a French/Mexican man, Captain Pierre Cordona. Union Colonel Cord McNally leads some of his men to pursue them and as the confederates keep splitting up McNally splits his own troops in pursuit. As he ends up on his own in the forest he spots Cordona but as he attempts to capture him, he is jumped and knocked out by Sergeant Tuscarora Philips. They take him hostage and have him lead them as they try to escape through Union territory but as they approach a Union camp, McNally shouts out and escapes. Most of the confederates escape but McNally manages to pull Cordona from his horse and knock him out. Tuscarora hides under the water and when the Union soldiers ride past him, he goes back to help Cordona but McNally captures him as well. McNally wants information from them as it's the fourth time Union gold has been stolen by the Confederates and he knows they're getting information from someone. McNally offers to let them escape but Cordona and Tuscarora refuse to give him answers and are placed in a prisoner of war camp.

After the civil war ends, as Cordona and Tuscarora are being released, McNally is waiting to greet them and invites them for a drink. He doesn't hold them responsible for the acts they committed, he considers it part of war but he wants the traitor who was giving them information about the gold shipments. One of McNally's officers and friends, Lt. Forsythe was injured during the robbery and died. They tell McNally that it was two men, but it was dark and one was a big man with dark hair and the other was smaller with white hair but they don't know their names. Tuscarora tells McNally that he's going to Rio Lobo to work for the old man, Phillips, who brought him up. McNally tells them he can be reached through the Sheriff in Blackthorne, Texas if they ever have any more information for him about two traitors.

Some time later, McNally gets a message from Cordona to meet him. The Blackthorne sheriff, Pat Cronin tells him Cordona is in the hotel waiting for him. As they are talking, a stagecoach pulls up in the town transporting a woman called Shasta Delaney. She tells Pat that there's been a murder in Rio Lobo that was committed by one of the town's sheriff's deputies. Pat insists he can't do anything about it as it's out of his jurisdiction.

There's more to this story, but the stolen gold is never found.
Or so the story goes.
Sounds to me more like the plot to an old John Wayne movie.