Amidst the backdrop of the American Civil War, the Stooges inadvertently enlist in opposing factions: Moe and Larry in the Union Army, and Curly in the Confederacy.

However, the joyous occasion takes an unexpected turn when the brides promptly retaliate against their newlywed husbands with physical aggression following their first kiss.

[1] It is a remake of the 1939 Buster Keaton short Mooching Through Georgia; the stock shot of the union lieutenant on horseback with his battalion of eight was borrowed from that film.

[2] This short would mark the final appearances of three long-time Stooge regulars Lew Davis, John Tyrrell, and Bobby Burns, who all died in 1948, 1949 and 1966, respectively.

[2] The blackface song and dance routine is often cut from 21st century television broadcasts of this short due to its racial insensitivity towards African-Americans.