THE EXTRA ORDINARY EXISTENCE OF THE COMMON SOLDIER.... ....... WHETHER THEY WORE UNION BLUE OR CONFEDERATE GRAY THE UNTRAINED RECRUITS OF THE CIVIL WAR QUICKLY LEARNED TO ENDURE HARDSHIPS OF THEIR ARMY LIFE. THEY EXPERIENCE THE HORROR OF BATTLE RAMPANT DISEASE MAKESHIFT HOSPITALS AND PRISONS CAMPAND EVEN BOREDOM....DRAWING ON LETTERS DIARIES EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS AND MANY VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS BEHIND THE BLUE AND GRAY EXPLORES THE LIVES OF SOLDIERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE FROM ALL BLACK NORTHERN REGIMENTS TO YOUNG BOYS WHO LIED ABOUT THEIR AGE TO ENLIST...