“The youth had been taught that a man became another thing in battle. He saw his salvation in such a change.”

“As he perceived this fact it occurred to him that he had never wished to come to the war. He had not enlisted of his free will. He had been dragged by the merciless government. And now they were taking him out to be slaughtered.”

“In the afternoon, the regiment went out over the same ground it had taken in the morning. The landscape then ceased to threaten the youth. He had been close to it and become familiar with it”.

“There was a more serious problem. He lay in his bunk pondering upon it. He tried to mathematically prove to himself that he would not run from a battle”.

“He went into an ecstasy of self-satisfaction. He had the most delightful sensations of his life. Standing as if apart from himself, he viewed that last scene. He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent”.

“He had fled, he told himself, because annihilation approached. He had done a good part in saving himself, who was a little piece of the army”.

“There was a more serious problem. He lay in his bunk pondering upon it. He tried to mathematically prove to himself that he would not run from a battle”.

“He went into an ecstasy of self-satisfaction. He had the most delightful sensations of his life. Standing as if apart from himself, he viewed that last scene. He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent”.

“He had fled, he told himself, because annihilation approached. He had done a good part in saving himself, who was a little piece of the army”.

"But, of a sudden, cries of amazement broke out along the ranks of the new regiment. 'Here they come ag'in! Here they come ag'in!' "

"Too, he felt a pity for the guns, standing, six good comrades, in a bold row."

"The youth went slinking around this spot. He went as near as he dared trying to overhear words. Perhaps the general, unable to comprehend chaos, might call upon him for information."

" 'Yes, by heavens, they have!' The officer leaned forward. His face was aflame with excitement. 'Yes, by heavens, they 've held 'im! They 've held 'im!' "

"The youth cringed as if discovered in a crime. By heavens, they had won after all! The imbecile line had remained and become victors. He could hear cheering."

"He had fled, he told himself, because annihilation approached. He had done a good part in saving himself, who was a little piece of the army."

"Nature had given him a sign. The squirrel, immediately upon recognizing danger, had taken to his legs without ado. He did not stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile, and die with an upward glance at the sympathetic heavens".

"Once he found himself almost into a swamp. He was obliged to walk upon bog tufts and watch his feet to keep from the oily mire."

"At length he reached a place where the high, arching boughs made a chapel. He softly pushed the green doors aside and entered. Pine needles were a gentle brown carpet. There

was a religious half light."

"The trees began softly to sing a hymn of twilight. The sun sank until slanted bronze rays struck the forest. There was a lull in the noises of insects as if they had bowed their beaks and were making a devotional pause."

"He was transfixed by this terrific medley of all noises. It was as if worlds were being rended. There was the ripping sound of musketry and the breaking crash of the artillery."

"As he ran, he became aware that the forest had stopped its music, as if at last becoming capable of hearing the foreign sounds."

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"Another had the gray seal of death already upon his face. His lips were curled in hard lines and his teeth were clinched. His hands were bloody from where he had pressed them upon his wound."

"One of the wounded men had a shoeful of blood. He hopped like a schoolboy in a game. He was laughing hysterically."

"There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to shoes, who trudged quietly at the youth's side."

"An officer was carried along by two privates. He was peevish."

Where ya been hit?

Where are you from?

Which regiment were you a part of?

Why did you run away?

He desires to know that he will be or is brave.

He desires to respect his comrades more.

He feels ashamed of his home town.

"At times he regarded the wounded soldiers in an envious way. He conceived persons with torn bodies to be peculiarly happy. He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage."

"The tall soldier held out his gory hand. There was a curious red and black combination of new blood and old blood upon it. 'Where yeh been, Henry?' he asked."

"Because of the tattered soldier's question he now felt that his shame could be viewed. He was continually casting sidelong glances to see if the men were contemplating the letters of guilt he felt burned into his brow."

He runs away from Jim.

He grabs Jim's arm and promises to take messages to his family.

He promises to keep Jim from being run over by the artillery wagons.

He falls to the ground and cries.

"The tall soldier held out his gory hand. There was a curious red and black combination of new blood and old blood upon it."

" 'Yeh know,' said the tall soldier, 'I was out there.' He made a careful gesture. 'An', Lord, what a circus! An', b'jiminey, I got shot--I got shot' ".

"As the flap of the blue jacket fell away from the body, he could see that the side looked as if it had been chewed by wolves."

"For a moment the tremor of his legs caused him to dance a sort of hideous hornpipe. His arms beat wildly about his head in expression of implike enthusiasm."

"Because of the tattered soldier's question he now felt that his shame could be viewed."

"But the firing began somewhere on the regimental line and ripped along in both directions. The level sheets of flame enveloped great clouds of smoke that tumbled and tossed in the mild wind near the ground for a moment, and then rolled through the ranks as through a gate."

"He went into an ecstasy of self-satisfaction. He had the most delightful sensations of his life. Standing as if apart from himself, he viewed that last scene. He perceived that the man who had fought thus was magnificent."

"The lieutenant of the youth's company had encountered a soldier who had fled screaming at the first volley of his comrades."

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message

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hero

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recurrent chill or fit of shivering

laughing attack

hunger attack

sense of wellness