After yet another deadly battle, Blutch and Chesterfield's Union army finds itself without a hospital. The soldiers' only chance at survival arrives in the form of unexpected help: Mary Edwards Walker, a qualified and experienced doctor who, to the shock of the troops, happens to be a woman! They are about to lock horns with an abrasive, bold force who scorns their smoking and drinking, and has little respect for the military discipline … of either army! ...

Le gros, c'est Cornélius Chesterfield, sergent zélé et discipliné de l'armée du Nord des Etats-Unis. Le petit, c'est Blutch, un malin râleur et désabusé qui ne rêve que de déserter. Pris dans les affres de la Guerre de Sécession, ces deux-là font ce qu'ils peuvent pour échapper aux ennuis que leur valent des chefs bornés, des ordres aberrants et un destin décidément contraire...À travers des histoires pleines de rire et d'action, Lambil et Cauvin nous offrent une critique acerbe de...

After yet another bloody battle, the Union Army organises a recruiting drive during which Blutch attempts to dissuade an obviously too young boy from signing up. To no avail, though, and before long the kid, Pucky, joins them as … a drummer boy! While Chesterfield is tasked with looking after him, Pucky begins to practice his drumming – much to the displeasure of the troops, who are eager to get some rest before the major engagement looming on the horizon.

The Civil War rages on. Despite some much-needed victories, losses have been harrowing on the Union side, and volunteers are getting scarce. That leaves conscription, but it’s an extremely unpopular measure – especially because of the possibility to avoid it by paying a sum of money only the rich can afford. Yet the North has little choice but to maintain it … and this is how, in July 1863 in New York City, simmering resentment turns into bloody rioting – with Blutch and Chesterfield caugh...