Besides the great battles, there are thousands of lesser and more varied stories, events vital to those who lived through them. Here we see food mutinies, naughty chaplains, eye wounds, bushwhacker torture, disgraced officers, regiments that were not potty-trained, violent rape, and heartless Confederate military punishments. The text also reviews over five hundred men who deserted at Gettysburg. This unique cavalcade of heartbreak and misbehavior fills a vital gap in Civil War history.