Title: Soldier by Accident
Description: Phillip Starke was a drifting young man - promising plenty of trouble ahead.  After flunking out of Harvard, Flip was enlisted in the army, a popular place at the time for young misfits.  Soldier by Accident: From Recruit to Agent, by Robert G. Pumphrey in collaboration with Sarah J. Descovich, follows Flip's army career as he experiences the ups and downs of a soldier and agent in Reconstruction times.  With adventures aplenty, including the surprising one of a marriage in the service of his country, this book tells the tale of one misfit who finds the perfect fit for himself in army life.