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1891

In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians

Ambrose Bierce

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A collection of 26 stories: Soldiers (15 stories) "A Horseman in the Sky" [An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14863232W/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge) "Chickamauga" "A Son of the Gods" "One of the Missing" "Killed at Resaca" "The Affair at Coulter's Notch" "The Coup de Grâce" "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" "An Affair of Outposts" "The Story of a Conscience" "One Kind of Officer" "One Officer, One Man" "George Thurston" "The Mocking-Bird" Civilians (11 stories) "The Man Out of the Nose" "An Adventure at Brownville" "The Famous Gilson Bequest" "The Applicant" [Watcher by the Dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084267W) "The Man and the Snake" "A Holy Terror" "The Suitable Surroundings" "The Boarded Window" "An Heiress from Redhorse" [The Eyes of the Panther](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20084430W/The_Eyes_of_the_Panther)

By Ambrose Bierce, A Bierce

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HistoryFictionUnited States Civil War1861-1865Classic LiteratureShort StorieshangingConfederacyUnionAmerican Short storiesAmerican fictionmanners and customs

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