Baring the iron hand: discipline in the Union Army

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.