Chickamauga
Book • 1988
'Chickamauga' by Ambrose Bierce portrays the horrors of war through the eyes of a young, deaf-mute boy.
Lost in the woods, the boy encounters wounded and dying soldiers retreating from battle.
Unaware of the grim reality, he perceives their suffering as a game and mimics their movements.
He leads the soldiers to his home, only to find it destroyed and his mother dead.
The story culminates in a chilling revelation of the boy's innocence amidst the brutal carnage.
Bierce's unflinching depiction of violence and the boy's inability to comprehend it creates a haunting and disturbing narrative.
Lost in the woods, the boy encounters wounded and dying soldiers retreating from battle.
Unaware of the grim reality, he perceives their suffering as a game and mimics their movements.
He leads the soldiers to his home, only to find it destroyed and his mother dead.
The story culminates in a chilling revelation of the boy's innocence amidst the brutal carnage.
Bierce's unflinching depiction of violence and the boy's inability to comprehend it creates a haunting and disturbing narrative.
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Mentioned as another short story by Ambrose Bierce, set during the Civil War, focusing on a young deaf and mute boy.
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