Two teenage boys, Bobby and Will, their backs still raw from a whipping escape Saint John's orphangage in Brooklyn to join up with the famous 14th Regiment, named the Red Legged Devils by Rebel forces not only for their lust for battle, but their red legged pantaloon trousers the wear into combat. About their escapades with an unscrupulous Army Merchant and his black teenage companion who teach the boys to me muleskinners enropute to the battlfields of the South. How they join up with a Pennsyvania militia unit but are captured by the rebels and placed in a prison camp. About their escape from a Rebel prison camp and rejoin the Union Army and fight against Rebel brigades at the battle of Gettysburg.
Two teenage boys, Bobby and Will, their backs still raw from a whipping escape Saint John's orphangage in Brooklyn to join up with the famous 14th Regiment, named the Red Legged Devils by Rebel forces not only for their lust for battle, but their red legged pantaloon trousers the wear into combat. About their escapades with an unscrupulous Army Merchant and his black teenage companion who teach the boys to me muleskinners enropute to the battlfields of the South. How they join up with a Pennsyvania militia unit but are captured by the rebels and placed in a prison camp. About their escape from a Rebel prison camp and rejoin the Union Army and fight against Rebel brigades at the battle of Gettysburg.
