Introduction
"Ancient un-American articles" : American military justice to 1861
"Damn fool!" : the uneasy relationship between officers and enlisted men
"Fields of Satan" : the impulse of indiscipline
"Brawls, riots, and midnight orgies" : alcohol and the Union Army
"There were threats to shoot the officers" : insubordination in various forms
"The pernicious practice of treasonable persons" : desertion in the Union Army
"Descend to the level of the barbarians" : theft, property, and violent crimes
"No punishment can be too severe" : the process of courts-martial
"We have no right to shoot them" : the application of punishment
Epilogue.