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.