Harper's Weekly Text
January 3, 1863,
p. 11 (2-4)
Synopsis
One
boy gets the better of another in a street fight and the loser
runs off, shouting threats. Years afterward, the winner and his
friends, now young men, are all in the same regiment, fighting in
the Battle of Antietam. Some of the young men fall as the
regiment charges, but one, the winner of the street fight, seems
to have a charmed life in the battle. He is separated from his
regiment while fighting a rebel soldier, whom he eventually
kills. As he recovers from the struggle, he sees a gun pointed at
him. Holding the gun is the young man he defeated in the street
fight those many years ago. Just as the bitter young man is about
to fire and have his revenge, a stray bullet kills him. Later, as
he recounts this story to a friend, the surviving young man says
he would not want to be in that situation again.
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Historical Background:
"Battle of Antietam"
October 4, 1862,
p. 634 (1-3)
Military Background:
"Battle of Antietam"
October 18, 1862,
p. 663 (4)
Commentary:
"After the Battle of Antietam"
July 4, 1863
p. 423 (4)
Illustrations:
"The Battle of Antietam, Fought
September
17, 1862—Burnside Holding the Hill"
October 4, 1862,
pp. 632-633
"The
Battle of Antietam, Fought
September 17, 1862—General Manfield's
Corps in
Position in the Centre"
October 11, 1862,
pp. 648 (1) – 649 (4)
"Scenes of the Battlefield of Antietam"
October 18, 1862,
pp. 664 (1) – 665
(4)
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