The Volunteer Levee: Or The Remarkable Experiences Of Ensign Sopht is a novel written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and first published in 1860. The story revolves around the adventures of Ensign Sopht, a young man who volunteers for the British army during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Ensign Sopht is a naive and inexperienced young man who is eager to prove himself as a soldier. He is posted to India, where he experiences the horrors of war and witnesses...