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Summary

War is always a tragedy. There may be a winner of sorts but always a loser.  The cost in injuries, death, destruction can never be fully recovered even if glossed over by a military or political elite that proclaims otherwise. 
 
Even further down on the scale of mankind’s self-destructive baseness is Civil War.  One Nation with Two Sides locked in a ferocious fight is inevitably more painful and more despoiling.  Civilians are the bait in the trap.  Two sets of values may be proclaimed and many offer loyalty to one or the other but society also has those who just want the space and time to live, to enjoy their family and friends.  Each to his own. 
 
In the American Civil War that began in 1861 the War was seemingly fought to end Slavery.  A War for Good.  The result a win for the good guys but a society that still bears fractures from this seminal period.   
 
The stories in this volume show the true scars that are endured as a riven Nations authors try to explain and reconcile.   
 
01 - Short Stories About the American Civil War - An Introduction 
02 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 
03 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 
04 - The Namesake by Willa Cather 
05 - The Affair At Coulter's Creek by Ambrose Bierce 
06 - The Locket by Kate Chopin 
07 - The Veteran by Stephen Crane 
08 - Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce 
09 - My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott 
10 - Parker Adderson, Philosopher by Ambrose Bierce 
11 - The Coup de Grace by Ambrose Bierce 
12 - Christmas Eve in War Times by Edward Payson Roe 
13 - The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce 
14 - A Man With Two Lives by Ambrose Bierce 
15 - A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce

Duration: about 6 hours (05:48:30)
Publishing date: 2023-01-01; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Historical Novel