The Little Regiment and Other Episodes from the American Civil War

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Stephen Crane. The Little Regiment and Other Episodes from the American Civil War

The Little Regiment and Other Episodes from the American Civil War

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THE LITTLE REGIMENT

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III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

THREE MIRACULOUS SOLDIERS

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II

III

IV

V

A MYSTERY OF HEROISM

AN INDIANA CAMPAIGN

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II

A GREY SLEEVE

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II

III

THE VETERAN

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Stephen Crane

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The regiment trotted in double time along the street, and the colonel seemed to quarrel over the right of way with many artillery officers. Batteries were waiting in the mud, and the men of them, exasperated by the bustle of this ambitious infantry, shook their fists from saddle and caisson, exchanging all manner of taunts and jests. The slanted guns continued to look reflectively at the ground.

On the outskirts of the crumbled town a fringe of blue figures were firing into the fog. The regiment swung out into skirmish lines, and the fringe of blue figures departed, turning their backs and going joyfully around the flank.

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