A collection of 26 stories:

Soldiers (15 stories) "A Horseman in the Sky" 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 "The Man and the Snake" "A Holy Terror" "The Suitable Surroundings" "The Boarded Window" "An Heiress from Redhorse" The Eyes of the Panther

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Also contained in:

• The Best of Ambrose Bierce
• The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs