Richard Cleave and Maury Stafford each suspect Judith Cary of a preference for the other—but while that makes Richard resolve to do his best to keep Maury alive as they both fight for their native Virginia, Maury decides to do his best to ruin Richard’s army career. Who will come out alive and more importantly, who does Judith want to come out alive?

The Long Roll is, well, long. I suppose it’s about as long as Dickens’ Bleak House or Martin Chuzzlewit and that, my friends, is long.

It’s p...